Russell Township is a
township
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in
Russell County, Kansas
Russell County (standard abbreviation: RS) is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,691. The largest city and county seat is Russell. Russell, the county seat, was the home of former U.S. Senate Maj ...
, United States. As of the
2010 United States Census
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, it had a population of 82.
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History
Lincoln Township, including what would later become Grant Township, was organized from part of Russell Township in the 1880s. The city of Russell became independent of Russell Township in the 1940s and has since annexed portions of the township.
Geography
The center of Russell Township is located at (38.9147336, −98.8450830) at an elevation of .Smoky Hills
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The hills are a disse ...
region of the Great Plains.Smoky Hill River
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, runs east-southeast through the southwest corner of the township.United States Census Bureau
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, Russell Township comprises an area of 49.21 square miles (127.5 km) of which 49.20 (127.4 km) is land and is water.Paradise
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and Waldo Townships to the north, Center Township to the east, Grant Township to the south, and Big Creek Township to the west.[
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Demographics
As of the 2010 census, there were 82 people, 39 households, and 27 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 46 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 90.2% White
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, 3.7% African American
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, and 6.1% Asian. Hispanic
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or Latino
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of any race were 0.0% of the population.[
There were 39 households, out of which 15.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5% were married couples living together, 2.6% had a male householder with no wife present, 5.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.8% were non-families. 28.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10, and the average family size was 2.48.][
In the township, the population was spread out, with 11.0% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 13.5% from 25 to 44, 46.4% from 45 to 64, and 22.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.6 males age 18 and over.][
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Education
Russell Township lies within unified school district
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407, Russell County Schools.
Transportation
U.S. Route 281 runs north–south through Russell Township, connecting to a network of mostly unpaved county roads laid out in a rough grid pattern across the township. The old alignment of U.S. Route 40, now a paved county road, runs east–west through the southwestern part of the township. East of the city of Russell, it re-enters the township as a U.S. 40 business route and then exits to the southeast.[
The Kansas Pacific line of the ]Union Pacific Railroad
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runs through the township, entering from the west and exiting to the southeast.[
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References
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Townships in Russell County, Kansas
Townships in Kansas