Stateline Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 344 at the 2000 census.[1]
Geography
editLocated in the western part of the county, along the Colorado border, Stateline borders the following townships:[2]
- Grant Township — north
- Lincoln Township — east
- McPherson Township — south
Kit Carson County lies across the Colorado border to the west.
It lies west of the county seat of Goodland. The city of Kanorado is located in the western part of the township,[3] on the Colorado state line.[2] As of 2000, 248 of the township's residents lived in Kanorado; the rest of the township had 96 residents.[1]
Several intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, flow through Stateline Township.[3]
Transportation
editInterstate 70 and U.S. Route 24 travel east–west through Stateline Township, and the short K-267 connects Kanorado with Interstate 70. A small airport, Hall Farms Airport, is located in the southern part of the township. A railroad line also travels east–west through Stateline Township, just north of the interstate.[3]
Government
editAs an active township,[4] Stateline Township is governed by a three-member board, composed of the township trustee, the township treasurer, and the township clerk. The trustee acts as the township executive.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "Subcounty population estimates: Kansas 2000-2007". United States Census Bureau, Population Division. March 18, 2009. Archived from the original (CSV) on March 31, 2009. Retrieved March 23, 2009.
- ^ a b Detailed Kansas map, United States Census Bureau, 2000. Accessed 2009-03-23.
- ^ a b c DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 28. ISBN 0-89933-342-7.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Stateline Township, Sherman County, Kansas
- ^ §80-301[permanent dead link] and §80-505[permanent dead link], Kansas Statutes. Accessed 2009-03-23.