Grant 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 115 at the 2000 census.

Geography

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

Colorado

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 border, it borders the following townships:

• Jaqua Township, Cheyenne County
  Jaqua Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Jaqua Township is a township in Cheyenne County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 46.-Geography:Jaqua Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Jaqua, Zion and Zion Lutheran.The stream of Cowpe...
  
   — north, west of Benkelman Township
• Benkelman Township, Cheyenne County
  Benkelman Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Benkelman Township is a township in Cheyenne County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 57.-Geography:Benkelman Township covers an area of and contains no incorporated settlements...
  
   — north, east of Jaqua Township
• Wano Township, Cheyenne County
  Wano Township, Cheyenne County, Kansas
  Wano Township is a township in Cheyenne County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,104.-Geography:Wano Township covers an area of and contains one incorporated settlement, St. Francis...
  
   — northeast
• Voltaire Township
  Voltaire Township, Sherman County, Kansas
  Voltaire Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 252 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   — east
• Logan Township
  Logan Township, Sherman County, Kansas
  Logan Township is one of the thirteen townships of Sherman County, Kansas, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the center of the county, it borders the following townships:*Voltaire Township — north...
  
   — southeastern corner
• 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...
  
   — south
• 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:...
  
   — southwest

Kit Carson County

Kit Carson County, Colorado

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 lies across the Colorado border to the west.

It lies northwest 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.

Several intermittent headwaters of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the Republican River

Republican River

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, are located in Grant Township.

Transportation

Only local roads are located in Grant Township. A small airport, Wright International Airport, lies in the township's southwest.

Government

As an active township, Grant 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.