Hill City Township, Graham County, Kansas

Township in Kansas, United States

39°23′40″N 099°48′11″W / 39.39444°N 99.80306°W / 39.39444; -99.80306CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyGrahamArea

• Total43.19 sq mi (111.86 km²) • Land43.12 sq mi (111.69 km²) • Water0.07 sq mi (0.17 km²) 0.15%Elevation

2,146 ft (654 m)Population

(2000)

• Total1,747 • Density40.5/sq mi (15.6/km²)GNIS feature ID0472200

Hill City Township is a township in Graham County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,747.

Geography

Hill City Township covers an area of 43.19 square miles (111.9 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Hill City (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Hill City Cemetery, located a tiny distance north of central Hill City.^[1] Another cemetery, Memorial Lawn Cemetery, lies one mile (1.6 km) north of Hill City along U.S. Route 283, just south of Hill City Cemetery.^[2]

Transportation

Hill City Township contains one airport or landing strip, Hill City Municipal Airport.

References

^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: City of Hill City and U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hill City Cemetery
^ Memorial Lawn Cemetery Hill City, Kansas Archived 2010-01-25 at the Wayback Machine, Blue Skyways by Kansas State Library, posted 2003 or sooner. Accessed 2008-12-22.