Grasshopper Township is a

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in Atchison County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 567.

History

Grasshopper Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.

Geography

Grasshopper Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Muscotah. According to the

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, it contains three cemeteries: Brush Creek, Forest Grove and Wheatland. The streams of Brush Creek, Clear Creek, Little Delaware River, Little Grasshopper Creek, Mission Creek, Otter Creek and South Creek run through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Atchison County, Kansas Townships in Kansas 1855 establishments in Kansas Territory {{AtchisonCountyKS-geo-stub