Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas
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Monmouth township is located in the extreme southeast corner of Shawnee County, Kansas
. There are currently no incorporated cities in Monmouth Township. Berryton
is the largest unincorporated community. At the beginning of the 21st century it contains a post office, Berryton Elementary School (part of USD 450), and two churches: Berryton United Methodist and Berryton Baptist.
Until the construction of Clinton Reservoir the incorporated city of Richland
was in the southeast corner of the township. An attempt was made to relocate some of the business of Richland a mile and a half north to become Richland Corners, but when the site of the dam was moved downstream a few miles Richland Corners was stranded too far from open water to benefit from the move. All the businesses eventually died. Originally intended to be under a few feet of water the townsite now a true ghost town. One can drive a few of the streets and walk the cement slab floor of the elementary school all the whle speculating about what was once there.
In addition to maintaining roads the township authority cares for the cemeteries in the township.
Shawnee County, Kansas
Shawnee County is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States of America. Its most populous city, Topeka, is the state capital and county seat. The county's population was 177,934 for the 2010 census...
. There are currently no incorporated cities in Monmouth Township. Berryton
Berryton, Kansas
Berryton is an unincorporated community in Monmouth Township, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States. It has its own post office and elementary school and is part of Shawnee Heights Unified School District 450....
is the largest unincorporated community. At the beginning of the 21st century it contains a post office, Berryton Elementary School (part of USD 450), and two churches: Berryton United Methodist and Berryton Baptist.
Until the construction of Clinton Reservoir the incorporated city of Richland
Richland, Kansas
Richland was a town in southeastern Shawnee County, Kansas. It is notable for being the birthplace of Georgia Neese Clark Gray, the first female Treasurer of the United States.-History:...
was in the southeast corner of the township. An attempt was made to relocate some of the business of Richland a mile and a half north to become Richland Corners, but when the site of the dam was moved downstream a few miles Richland Corners was stranded too far from open water to benefit from the move. All the businesses eventually died. Originally intended to be under a few feet of water the townsite now a true ghost town. One can drive a few of the streets and walk the cement slab floor of the elementary school all the whle speculating about what was once there.
In addition to maintaining roads the township authority cares for the cemeteries in the township.