Delaware Township is the sole township in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, it recorded 37 people living in the township.
History
The township gets its name from the Delaware people who were resettled into Kansas in the 1820s. The township's original platting was all that of Township 11 and 12 South in Range 23 East that was north of the Kansas River. This included the original settlements of Bonner Springs and Edwardsville, and the other settlements of Loring and Tiblow.
Historically, there were more townships within Wyandotte County, such as Prairie, Quindaro, Shawnee, and Wyandotte Townships. However, due to urbanization within the county, all of these townships became defunct, and Delaware Township since remains the only township in the county. Previously, Edwardsville was part of the township before the 2010 census reported that the city became independent from the township.
Geography The township is defined as the area in Wyandotte County considered governmentally independent from the county's four cities: Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, Kansas City, and Lake Quivira, for a total of of land (and of water. The north border of the township is Bonner Springs, the west is Sherman Township of Leavenworth County and the southeast is the Kansas River which forms the boundary of Shawnee, Kansas in Johnson County
Demographics As of the 2020 census, there were 37 residents living in 11 total housing units (within 11 total households). There were 8 residents who identified as Hispanic/Latino of any race. Racial Makeup of Delaware TownshipRacial IdentityTownship TotalCounty TotalWhite2773,721American Indian/Alaska Native11,917Two or more races925,283Hispanic/Latino (any race)855,814Total37169,245
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