Editing Elk County, Kansas (section)

==Communities==
[[Image:Map of Elk Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Elk County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|map legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Elk County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Elk County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/elk.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114010354/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/elk.PDF |archive-date=November 14, 2023 |date=August 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
* [[Elk Falls, Kansas|Elk Falls]]
* [[Grenola, Kansas|Grenola]]
* [[Howard, Kansas|Howard]] (county seat)
* [[Longton, Kansas|Longton]]
* [[Moline, Kansas|Moline]]

===Unincorporated communities===
* [[Busby, Kansas|Busby]]
* [[Oak Valley, Kansas|Oak Valley]]

===Ghost towns===
* [[Cave Springs, Kansas|Cave Springs]]
* [[Fiat, Kansas|Fiat]]
* [[Upola, Kansas|Upola]]

===Townships===
Elk County is divided into ten [[Civil township|townships]]. None of the cities within the county is designated as ''governmentally independent''. All population figures for the townships include those of the cities. In the following table, the population center is the largest city (or cities) included in that township's population total, if it is of a significant size.

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! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br/>center
! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq&nbsp;mi)</small>
! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq&nbsp;mi)</small> !! Water %
! Geographic coordinates
|-
| [[Elk Falls Township, Elk County, Kansas|Elk Falls]]|| 20325 || || 196 || 1 (3) || 152 (59) || 0 (0) || 0.19% || {{coord|37|22|17|N|96|12|26|W|}}
|-
| [[Greenfield Township, Elk County, Kansas|Greenfield]]|| 28550 || || 321 || 2 (5) || 171 (66) || 1 (0) || 0.62% || {{coord|37|21|8|N|96|27|5|W|}}
|-
| [[Howard Township, Elk County, Kansas|Howard]]|| 33275 || [[Howard, Kansas|Howard]] || 1,006 || 6 (16) || 166 (64) || 1 (1) || 0.86% || {{coord|37|28|3|N|96|15|14|W|}}
|-
| [[Liberty Township, Elk County, Kansas|Liberty]]|| 40025 || || 117 || 1 (2) || 154 (59) || 0 (0) || 0.19% || {{coord|37|34|22|N|96|1|55|W|}}
|-
| [[Longton Township, Elk County, Kansas|Longton]]|| 42675 || || 530 || 5 (12) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.11% || {{coord|37|22|38|N|96|5|27|W|}}
|-
| [[Oak Valley Township, Elk County, Kansas|Oak Valley]]|| 51950 || || 154 || 1 (3) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.24% || {{coord|37|21|59|N|96|1|14|W|}}
|-
| [[Painterhood Township, Elk County, Kansas|Painterhood]]|| 54075 || || 68 || 0 (1) || 154 (59) || 1 (0) || 0.37% || {{coord|37|27|35|N|96|2|37|W|}}
|-
| [[Paw Paw Township, Elk County, Kansas|Paw Paw]]|| 54925 || || 116 || 1 (2) || 141 (54) || 0 (0) || 0.24% || {{coord|37|33|19|N|96|13|46|W|}}
|-
| [[Union Center Township, Elk County, Kansas|Union Center]]|| 72500 || || 116 || 0 (1) || 371 (143) || 2 (1) || 0.46% || {{coord|37|31|44|N|96|23|31|W|}}
|-
| [[Wild Cat Township, Elk County, Kansas|Wildcat]]|| 79150 || || 637 || 5 (12) || 135 (52) || 2 (1) || 1.35% || {{coord|37|21|33|N|96|19|10|W|}}
|-
|colspan=9|Sources: {{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 2, 2002 |title=Census 2000 U.S. Gazetteer Files |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division }}
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