Township 5 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
Rooks County, Kansas
Rooks County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat is Stockton, and its largest city is Plainville. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 4,919. The county was named for John Rooks, a private in Compa ...
, United States.
History
Rooks County was established with four townships: Bow Creek, Lowell, Paradise and Stockton. That number increased to seven by 1878
and twenty three in 1925. The twenty three townships were in place until 1971 when the number was reduced to the current twelve townships.
Township 5 was formed from Rooks County townships Alcona, Bow Creek and Sugar Loaf in 1971, pursuant to Kansas Statute 80-1110. The statute allowed for the dissolution of townships and assigning those territories to contiguous townships.
Bow Creek flows through Township 5, then on to
Kirwin Reservoir
Kirwin Reservoir is a reservoir in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. It is located next to the city of Kirwin in northern Kansas. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built it and continues to operate it for the purposes of flood control and a ...
in
Phillips County.
Alcona Township
Alcona Township was established in 1879 from part of Stockton Township.
Bow Creek Township
Bow Creek was one of the original four Rooks County
civil townships
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along with Lowell, Paradise and Stockton. The original Bow Creek Township was 6 miles north-to-south (1
survey township
A survey township, sometimes called a Congressional township or just township, as used by the United States Public Land Survey System and by Canada's Dominion Land Survey is a nominally-square area of land that is nominally six survey miles (a ...
). The east border was with Lowell Township, 9 miles (1-1/2 survey townships) from the
Osborne County line. The west border was the
Graham County line making Bow Creek 21 miles (3-1/2 survey townships) wide. Farmington, Sugar Loaf and the west half of Lanark townships were originally part of Bow Creek Township.
Bow Creek Township was named for Bow Creek that flowed through the township.
Sugar Loaf Township
Sugar Loaf Township was established in 1880 from part of Bow Creek Township. The township was named for a unique rounded mound of flint rock that was once used as a lookout by Native Americans.
References
Townships in Rooks County, Kansas
Townships in Kansas
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