title: Lakin Township, Kearny County, Kansas
text: # Lakin Township, Kearny County, Kansas
  
  Lakin Township is a township in Kearny County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,587.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Lakin Township covers an area of 63.26 square miles (163.85 square kilometers); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.06 square kilometers) or 0.04 percent is water. The stream of Sand Creek runs through this township.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Lakin (the county seat)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * East Hibbard Township (north)
  * Deerfield Township (east)
  * Southside Township (southeast)
  * Kendall Township (southwest)
  * Hartland Township (west)
  * West Hibbard Township (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains one cemetery, Lakin.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * U.S. Route 50
  * K-25
  
  ### Airports and landing strips
  
  * Lakin Landing Field
  