Shannon Township, Atchison County, Kansas

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Coordinates: 39°35′28″N 095°10′06″W / 39.59111, -95.16833
Shannon Township
Location in Atchison County
Country	United States
State	Kansas
County	Atchison
Area
- Total	54.83 sq mi (142 km²)
- Land	54.19 sq mi (140.35 km²)
- Water	0.64 sq mi (1.65 km²) 1.16%
Elevation	1,024 ft (312 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,753
- Density	32.3/sq mi (12.5/km²)
GNIS feature ID	0473281

Shannon Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,753.

[edit] Geography

Shannon Township covers an area of 54.83 square miles around the north and west of the county seat of Atchison. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Cummings, Mount Calvary, Mount Vernon, Myers and Taylor.

The streams of Deer Creek and Independence Creek run through this township.

[edit] References

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

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v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Atchison County, Kansas

County seat: Atchison

Cities	Atchison \| Effingham \| Huron \| Lancaster \| Muscotah

Townships	Benton \| Center \| Grasshopper \| Kapioma \| Lancaster \| Mount Pleasant \| Shannon \| Walnut

Unincorporated communities	Arlington \| Cummings \| Eden \| Farmington \| Kennekuk \| Larkinburg \| Monrovia \| Oak Mills \| Parnell \| Potter \| St. Pats \| Shannon