Freedom 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
Ellis County, Kansas
Ellis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Hays. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 28,934.
The county was named for George Ellis, a first lieutenant of the Twelfth ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 118.
History
The founder of the
Victoria Colony, George Grant, built his home in the style of an English country house on the banks of Big Creek in 1873.
Volga Germans
The Volga Germans (, ; ) are ethnic Germans who settled and historically lived along the Volga River in the region of southeastern European Russia around Saratov and close to Ukraine nearer to the south.
Recruited as immigrants to Russia in the ...
began settling in the area and founded
Pfeifer in August 1876.
A post office was opened at Easdale in 1878. The post office was moved two miles south across the Smoky Hill River to
Pfeifer in 1887.
Geography
Freedom Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the
USGS
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, it contains one cemetery, Holy Cross.
The
Smoky Hill River
The Smoky Hill River is a river in the central Great Plains of North America, running through Colorado and Kansas.
Names
The Smoky Hill is named from the Smoky Hills region of north-central Kansas through which it flows. American Indians li ...
and the streams of
Big Creek, Duck Creek and Eagle Creek run through this township.
References
USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
External links
Townships in Ellis County, Kansas
Townships in Kansas
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