Spring Valley Township is a

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. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,007.

Geography

Spring Valley Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, Baxter Springs. According to the

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, it contains seven cemeteries: Baxter Springs, Beasley, Brush Creek, Crum, Dockery, Pleasant View and Usrey. The streams of Bitter Creek, Brush Creek and Willow Creek run through this township.

Transportation

Spring Valley Township contains one airport or landing strip, named the Walter A. Swalley Airpark.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Cherokee County, Kansas Townships in Kansas {{CherokeeCountyKS-geo-stub