Mission Township is a township in Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 10,055.
History Mission Township was created in 1871 from parts of Dover Township and Topeka Township. The first settler in what was to become Mission Township was Jonas Lykins, who settled there in the fall of 1847. The Pottawatomie Baptist Mission, to which the township lends its name, was established in 1848 and in operation until 1861.. Mission Township has since lost several parts of land to the growing city of Topeka.
Geography Mission Township covers an area of 29.363 square miles (76.05 square kilometers). Lake Sherwood lies within the township. The Kansas River flows through it, as well as Sixmile Creek and Shunganunga Creek.
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External links Shawnee County website