Lafayette Township is a
township
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Chautauqua County,
Kansas
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,
USA
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. As of the
2000 census, its population was 65.
Geography
Lafayette Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the
USGS
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, it contains three cemeteries: Crum, Saint Charles and Union Chapel.
The streams of Bachelor Creek, Broker Creek, Coon Creek, Coon Creek, North Salt Creek and Turkey Creek run through this township.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Chautauqua County, Kansas
Townships in Kansas
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