Franklin Township is a
township
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Bourbon County, Kansas
Bourbon County is a county located in Southeast Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Fort Scott. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 14,360. The county was named after Bourbon County, Kentucky, the former home o ...
, United States. As of the
2000 census, its population was 312.
Geography
Franklin Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the
USGS
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an government agency, agency of the United States Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geograp ...
, it contains two cemeteries: Boulware and Stevenson.
The
Little Osage River
The Little Osage River is an U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 tributary of the Osage River in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via ...
and smaller streams of Bell Branch, Buck Run, Irish Creek,
Limestone Creek, Owl Creek and Ross Branch run through this township.
References
Further reading
External links
City-Data.com* Bourbon County Maps
CurrentHistoric Collection
Townships in Bourbon County, Kansas
Townships in Kansas
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