title: Lakin Township, Barton County, Kansas
text: # Lakin Township, Barton County, Kansas
  
  Lakin Township is a township in Barton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 262.
  
  Lakin Township was organized in 1872.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Lakin Township covers an area of 66.65 square miles (172.6 $km^2)$ and contains no incorporated settlements, though the township surrounds the governmentally independent city of Ellinwood.
  
  ## Transportation
  
  Lakin Township contains one airport or landing strip, Ellinwood Municipal Airport.
  
  