Grant Township is one of thirteen townships in Sherman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 74.
History Grant Township was home to the extinct town of Neville, whose post office was in operation from 1888 to 1893 and from 1895 to 1909, and the extinct town of Rhine, whose post office was in operation from 1898 to 1899 and from 1901 to 1909. Rhine's final recorded population was 15, in 1910.
Geography Grant Township is located in the northwestern corner of the county, along the Colorado border.
It lies northwest of the county seat of Goodland. There are no communities in the township.DeLorme. Kansas Atlas & Gazetteer. 4th ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2009, p. 15, 28. .
Several intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, are located in Grant Township.
Adjacent townships
Transportation Only local roads are located in Grant Township. A small airport, Wright International Airport, lies in the township's southwest.
Government As an active township, Grant 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.§80-301 and §80-505, Kansas Statutes. Accessed 2009-03-23.
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External links Sherman County website