Mission Township is a

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in Brown County,

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 645. Mission Township was formed in 1872.

Geography

Mission Township covers an area of . It contains one incorporated settlement, Willis, and surrounds another, the governmentally independent city of Horton. According to the

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, it contains four cemeteries: Carr, Claytonville, Kennekuk and Saint Peters. The stream of Hazel Creek runs through this township.

Transportation

Mission Township contains one airport or landing strip, Horton Municipal Airport.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Brown County, Kansas Townships in Kansas 1872 establishments in Kansas Populated places established in 1872 {{BrownCountyKS-geo-stub