Norton Township, Jefferson County, Kansas
Township in Kansas, United States
39°23′00″N 95°19′11″W / 39.38333°N 95.31972°W / 39.38333; -95.31972 (2000)
Norton Township is a township in Jefferson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 955.
Geography
Norton Township covers an area of 39.06 square miles (101.17 square kilometers); of this, 0.12 square miles (0.3 square kilometers) or 0.3 percent is water. The streams of Howard Creek and Hulls Branch run through this township.
Cities and towns
- Nortonville
Adjacent townships
- Center Township, Atchison County (north)
- Mount Pleasant Township, Atchison County (northeast)
- Easton Township, Leavenworth County (east)
- Jefferson Township (southeast)
- Delaware Township (west)
- Benton Township, Atchison County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Corpus Christi, Nortonville, and Saint Josephs.
Major highways
- U.S. Route 59
- U.S. Route 159
- K-4
References
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
- US-Counties.com
- City-Data.com
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Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Kansas, United States
County seat: Oskaloosa
![Map of Kansas highlighting Jefferson County](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Kansas_highlighting_Jefferson_County.svg.png)
communities
†This community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.
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- United States portal
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