Augusta Township, Butler County, Kansas

37°41′40″N 096°59′21″W / 37.69444°N 96.98917°W / 37.69444; -96.98917CountryUnited StatesStateKansasCountyButlerArea • Total32.53 sq mi (84.25 km²) • Land32.31 sq mi (83.68 km²) • Water0.22 sq mi (0.57 km²)  0.68%Elevation1,220 ft (372 m)Population • Total1,405 • Density43.5/sq mi (16.8/km²)GNIS feature ID0474835

Augusta Township is a township in Butler County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,405.

Augusta Township was organized in 1870. It was named Augusta in honor of a postmaster's wife.^[1]

Augusta Township covers an area of 32.53 square miles (84.3 km²) and contains one incorporated settlement, Augusta. According to the USGS, it contains one cemetery, Calvary. It also contains a cemetery called Augusta Township Cemetery (Kuster).

The streams of Elm Creek and Whitewater River run through this township.

Augusta Township contains three airports or landing strips: Augusta Airport, Augusta Municipal Airport and Sills Air Park.

• USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

• City-Data.com