View source for Grasshopper Township, Atchison County, Kansas

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|official_name            = Grasshopper Township
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township|Township]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
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|subdivision_name1        = [[Kansas]]
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|subdivision_name2        = [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison]]
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|area_total_km2           = 170.9
|area_land_km2            = 170.2
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|area_water_percent       = 0.41
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|population_as_of         = [[2010 United States Census|2010]]
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|population_total         = 567
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|elevation_m              = 328
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'''Grasshopper Township''' is a [[Civil township|township]] in [[Atchison County, Kansas|Atchison County]], [[Kansas]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], its population was 567.<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2000528225| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212163319/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US2000528225| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Grasshopper township, Atchison County, Kansas| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=May 13, 2013}}</ref>
==History==
Grasshopper Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dBA1AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Atchison County, Kansas | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Ingalls, Sheffield | year=1916 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_dBA1AQAAMAAJ/page/n70 64]}}</ref>
==Geography==
Grasshopper Township covers an area of {{convert|170.9|km2|disp=flip}} and contains one incorporated settlement, [[Muscotah, Kansas|Muscotah]].  According to the [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]], it contains three cemeteries: Brush Creek, Forest Grove and Wheatland.
The streams of Brush Creek, Clear Creek, Little Delaware River, Little Grasshopper Creek, Mission Creek, Otter Creek and South Creek run through this township.
==References==
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/index.html USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080723112151/http://www.us-counties.com/localgov/kansas.html US-Counties.com]
* [http://www.city-data.com/township/Grasshopper-Atchison-KS.html City-Data.com]
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[[Category:Townships in Atchison County, Kansas]]
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