Shannon Township is a

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in Atchison County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,282.

History

Shannon Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.

Geography

Shannon Township covers an area of around the north and west of the county seat of Atchison. According to the

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, it contains five cemeteries: Cummings, Mount Calvary, Mount Vernon, Myers and Taylor. The streams of Deer Creek and Independence Creek run through this township.

References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

External links

Townships in Atchison County, Kansas Townships in Kansas 1855 establishments in Kansas Territory {{AtchisonCountyKS-geo-stub