McPherson Township is one of the thirteen townships

Civil township

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 of Sherman County

Sherman County, Kansas

Sherman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 6,010...

, Kansas

Kansas

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, United States

United States

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. The population was 52 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Located in the southwestern corner of the county, along the Colorado

Colorado

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 border, it borders the following townships:

• Stateline Township
  Stateline Township, Sherman County, Kansas
  Stateline Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 344 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, along the Colorado border, it borders the following townships:...
  
   — north
• Lincoln Township
  Lincoln Township, Sherman County, Kansas
  Lincoln Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 95 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the western part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Grant Township — north...
  
   — northeast
• Smoky Township
  Smoky Township, Sherman County, Kansas
  Smoky Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 87 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the southern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   — east
• Sharon Springs Township, Wallace County — southeast
• Weskan Township, Wallace County — southwest

Kit Carson County

Kit Carson County, Colorado

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 lies across the Colorado border to the west.

It lies southwest of the county seat

County seat

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 of Goodland

Goodland, Kansas

Goodland is a city in and the county seat of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,489.-History:...

. There are no communities in the township.

The north fork of the Smoky Hill River

Smoky Hill River

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flows through McPherson Township.

Government

As an active township, McPherson 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.

External links

• County website