Kapioma Township, Atchison County, Kansas
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Kapioma 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 Atchison County,
Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...
, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 292.


History

Kapioma Township was named for a chief of the
Kickapoo The Kickapoo people (; Kickapoo: Kiikaapoa or Kiikaapoi; ) are an Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe and Indigenous people in Mexico, originating in the region south of the Great Lakes. There are three federally recognized Kickapoo trib ...
Indians.


Geography

Kapioma 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: Earnst and Miller. The streams of Catamount Creek, Elk Creek, Nebo Creek, Negro Creek and Straight Creek run through this township.


Transportation

Kapioma Township contains one airport or landing strip, Strafuss Airport.


References


USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)


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Townships in Atchison County, Kansas Townships in Kansas {{AtchisonCountyKS-geo-stub