Tonganoxie Township is a township in

Leavenworth County, Kansas Leavenworth County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat and most populous city is Leavenworth. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 81,881. The county ...

, United States, which is included statistically in the

Kansas City metropolitan area The Kansas City metropolitan area is a bi-state metropolitan area anchored by Kansas City, Missouri. Its 14 counties straddle the border between the U.S. states of Missouri (9 counties) and Kansas (5 counties). With and a population of more t ...

. As of the 2020 census, the population of the township was 5,960. Almost all of the city limits of Tonganoxie are located in the township as well.

History

Tonganoxie Township was platted in 1866, similar to the City of Tonganoxie. It was named for local Native American Chief Tonganoxie from the Delaware tribe.

References

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