title: Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Kansas
text: # Jefferson Township, Jackson County, Kansas
  
  Jefferson Township is a township in Jackson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 494.
  
  ## History
  
  Jefferson Township was formed in 1858.
  
  ## Geography
  
  Jefferson Township covers an area of 36.39 square miles (94.26 square kilometers); of this, 0.04 square miles (0.11 square kilometers) or 0.12 percent is water.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Circleville
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Wetmore Township, Nemaha County (north)
  * Liberty Township (east)
  * Franklin Township (southeast)
  * Banner Township (south)
  * Grant Township (southwest)
  * Soldier Township (west)
  * Reilly Township, Nemaha County (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains one cemetery, Circleville.
  
  