El Dorado Township, Butler County, Kansas

El Dorado Township
Township

Location in Butler County
Coordinates: 37°48′00″N 096°51′36″W / 37.80000°N 96.86000°W / 37.80000; -96.86000Coordinates: 37°48′00″N 096°51′36″W / 37.80000°N 96.86000°W / 37.80000; -96.86000
Country United States
State Kansas
County Butler
Area
 • Total 54.74 sq mi (141.78 km2)
 • Land 53.94 sq mi (139.7 km2)
 • Water 0.8 sq mi (2.07 km2)  1.46%
Elevation 1,286 ft (392 m)
Population (2000)
 • Total 1,700
 • Density 31.5/sq mi (12.2/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0474388

El Dorado Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,700.

El Dorado Township was organized in 1867.[1]

Geography

El Dorado Township covers an area of 54.74 square miles (141.8 km2) and contains one incorporated settlement, El Dorado (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Belle Vista, Sunset Lawns and Walnut Valley Memorial Park.

The streams of Constant Creek, Sutton Creek and West Branch Walnut River run through this township.

Transportation

El Dorado Township contains one airport or landing strip, El Dorado Municipal Airport.

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ Mooney, Vol. P. (1916). History of Butler County Kansas. Standard Publishing Company. p. 37.

External links

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