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Shirley Township is a township in Cloud County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 178.

Shirley Township
Township
Location in Cloud County
Coordinates: 39°31′30″N 098°25′21″W
CountryUnited States
StateKansas
CountyCloud
Area
 • Total42.75 sq mi (110.72 km2)
 • Land42.5 sq mi (110.06 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.66 km2)  0.6%
Elevation
1,542 ft (470 m)
Population
 (2000)
 • Total178
 • Density4.2/sq mi (1.6/km2)
GNIS feature ID0473353

Demographics


Shirley is an historically French American community, most of whom are of French Canadian ancestry.[1]


History


Shirley Township was organized in 1866.[2]


Geography


Shirley Township covers an area of 42.75 square miles (110.7 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains two cemeteries: Cedar Hill and Pleasant View.

The stream of Beaver Creek runs through this township.


References


  1. Robley, T. F. (1894). History of Bourbon County, Kansas: To the Close of 1865. Press of the Monitor book & printing Company. p. 71.
  2. Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 69.



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