Editing Marion County, Kansas (section)

==Communities==
[[File:Map of Marion Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|350px|right|2005 map of Marion County<ref name="County-Map-Current"/> ([[:File:Kansas official transportation map legend.png|legend]])]]
List of townships / incorporated cities / unincorporated communities / extinct former communities within Marion County.<ref name="County-Map-Current">{{cite web |title=General Highway Map of Marion County, Kansas |url=https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/marion.PDF |publisher=[[Kansas Department of Transportation]] (KDOT) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410003721/https://www.ksdot.gov/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/county-pdf/marion.PDF |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |date=November 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Cities===
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* [[Burns, Kansas|Burns]] - originally named St. Francis
* [[Durham, Kansas|Durham]] - originally named Durham Park
* [[Florence, Kansas|Florence]]
* [[Goessel, Kansas|Goessel]] - originally named Gnadenfeld
* [[Hillsboro, Kansas|Hillsboro]] - originally named Hill City
* [[Lehigh, Kansas|Lehigh]]
* [[Lincolnville, Kansas|Lincolnville]]
* [[Lost Springs, Kansas|Lost Springs]]
* [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]] (county seat) - originally named Marion Centre
* [[Peabody, Kansas|Peabody]] - originally named Coneburg
* [[Ramona, Kansas|Ramona]]
* [[Tampa, Kansas|Tampa]]
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===Unincorporated communities===
† means a community is designated a [[Census-designated place|Census-Designated Place]] (CDP) by the [[United States Census Bureau]].
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* [[Antelope, Kansas|Antelope]]
* [[Aulne, Kansas|Aulne]]
* [[Canada, Kansas|Canada]]
* [[Eastshore, Kansas|Eastshore]]†
* [[Marion County Lake]]
* [[Pilsen, Kansas|Pilsen]]†
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===Ghost towns===
Marion County contained early communities that have long since been abandoned.

;Rail Towns / Stations / Cattle Pens
* Hampson, station, approximately five miles south of Florence.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n801 805]}}</ref>
* Horners (Honner), station and cattle pens, approximately three miles northeast of Peabody.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_o8X5krq3fP8C/page/n868 872]}}</ref>
* Jacobs, TBD, northwest of Lost Springs.
* [[Oursler, Kansas|Oursler]], station and tiny community.
* Quarry, station and limestone rock quarry, approximately 5.5 miles north of Marion.
* Wagner, TBD, southwest of Florence.
* [[Waldeck, Kansas|Waldeck]], station, cattle pens, and tiny community.

;Oil Towns
* Watchorn, five miles east of Peabody.

;Other
* Creswell (or Cresswell), east of Goessel
* [[Elk, Kansas|Elk]]‡, northeast of Marion (straddled [[Chase County, Kansas|Chase County]] border)
* Fred, between Peabody and Hillsboro
* Kuhnbrook
* Morning Star
* Strassburg
* Youngtown, northeast of Marion

;[[Russian Mennonite#North America|Mennonite Village]]s
* Alexanderfeld
* Ebenfeld
* Friedenstal (Alvin)
* [[Gnadenau, Kansas|Gnadenau]] (''Grace Meadow'')
* Hoffnungsthal (''Hope Valley'')
* Schoenthal (''Fair Valley'')
* Steinbach

;Alexanderwohl Mennonite Villages,<ref>[http://tools.bethelks.edu/mennonitelife/pre2000/1949oct.pdf ''Alexanderwohl Villages in Kansas, 1874 (map)''; Mennonite Life; October 1949.]</ref> (see [[Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church]])
* Blumenfeld (straddled on [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]] border)
* Blumenort (straddled on [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]] border)
* Emmathal
* Gnadenfeld
* Gnadenthal
* Gruenfeld (''Green Field'') (abandoned then later became [[Goessel, Kansas|Goessel]])
* Hochfeld
* Springfield

===Townships===
[[Image:Detailed map of Marion County, Kansas.gif|thumb|right|300px|Map of Marion County with township boundaries.]]

Marion County is divided into twenty-four [[Civil township|townships]]. The cities of [[Florence, Kansas|Florence]] (in Doyle and Fairplay townships), [[Hillsboro, Kansas|Hillsboro]] (in Liberty and Risley townships), and [[Marion, Kansas|Marion]] (in Centre township) are considered ''governmentally independent'' and are excluded from the census figures for the townships. 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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|+align="bottom"|Sources: [https://web.archive.org/web/20020802223743/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/places2k.html 2000 U.S. Gazetteer] from the [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
|- style="background:#ccccff"
! Township !! [[FIPS place code|FIPS]] !! Population<br/>center
! Population<br>(2000) !! 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
|-
| [[Blaine Township, Marion County, Kansas|Blaine]] || 07125 || [[Tampa, Kansas|Tampa]] || 212 || 2 (6) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.33% || {{coord|38|33|30|N|97|10|46|W}}
|-
| [[Catlin Township, Marion County, Kansas|Catlin]] || 11075 || ''[[Peabody, Kansas|Peabody]]'' || 180 || 2 (5) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.05% || {{coord|38|12|56|N|97|5|14|W}}
|-
| [[Centre Township, Marion County, Kansas|Centre]] || 11825 || * || 535 || 4 (11) || 128 (49) || 0 (0) || 0.26% || {{coord|38|20|36|N|96|59|39|W}}
|-
| [[Clark Township, Marion County, Kansas|Clark]] || 13500 || [[Pilsen, Kansas|Pilsen]] || 149 || 2 (4) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.42% || {{coord|38|28|17|N|97|6|4|W}}
|-
| [[Clear Creek Township, Marion County, Kansas|Clear Creek]] || 13750 || [[Lincolnville, Kansas|Lincolnville]] || 592 || 3 (8) || 196 (76) || 0 (0) || 0.06% || {{coord|38|28|1|N|96|57|35|W}}
|-
| [[Colfax Township, Marion County, Kansas|Colfax]] || 14800 || [[Ramona, Kansas|Ramona]] || 218 || 2 (6) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|38|34|42|N|97|5|28|W}}
|-
| [[Doyle Township, Marion County, Kansas|Doyle]] || 18550 || * || 75 || 1 (2) || 98 (38) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|38|14|3|N|96|53|17|W}}
|-
| [[Durham Park Township, Marion County, Kansas|Durham Park]] || 19100 || [[Durham, Kansas|Durham]] || 230 || 3 (7) || 90 (35) || 3 (1) || 2.70% || {{coord|38|29|9|N|97|12|46|W}}
|-
| [[East Branch Township, Marion County, Kansas|East Branch]] || 19325 || n/a || 188 || 2 (5) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|13|33|N|97|11|53|W}}
|-
| [[Fairplay Township, Marion County, Kansas|Fairplay]] || 22350 || * || 121 || 1 (3) || 116 (45) || 0 (0) || 0.04% || {{coord|38|13|44|N|96|59|23|W}}
|-
| [[Gale Township, Marion County, Kansas|Gale]] || 25075 || [[Eastshore, Kansas|Eastshore]] || 220 || 3 (8) || 67 (26) || 21 (8) || 23.70% || {{coord|38|23|15|N|97|5|21|W}}
|-
| [[Grant Township, Marion County, Kansas|Grant]] || 27775 || n/a || 128 || 1 (2) || 174 (67) || 0 (0) || 0.08% || {{coord|38|22|13|N|96|53|3|W}}
|-
| [[Lehigh Township, Marion County, Kansas|Lehigh]] || 39250 || [[Lehigh, Kansas|Lehigh]] || 370 || 4 (10) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|23|3|N|97|18|27|W}}
|-
| [[Liberty Township, Marion County, Kansas|Liberty]] || 40225 || * || 327 || 4 (9) || 92 (35) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|18|13|N|97|12|37|W}}
|-
| [[Logan Township, Marion County, Kansas|Logan]] || 41950 || n/a || 127 || 1 (4) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.07% || {{coord|38|32|38|N|97|19|34|W}}
|-
| [[Lost Springs Township, Marion County, Kansas|Lost Springs]] || 42850 || [[Lost Springs, Kansas|Lost Springs]] || 201 || 2 (6) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|38|34|14|N|96|58|23|W}}
|-
| [[Menno Township, Marion County, Kansas|Menno]] || 45800 || n/a || 317 || 3 (9) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.12% || {{coord|38|18|50|N|97|18|34|W}}
|-
| [[Milton Township, Marion County, Kansas|Milton]] || 46900 || [[Burns, Kansas|Burns]] || 348 || 4 (12) || 78 (30) || 0 (0) || 0.03% || {{coord|38|6|6|N|96|53|4|W}}
|-
| [[Moore Township, Marion County, Kansas|Moore]] || 48100 || n/a || 65 || 1 (2) || 93 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.03% || {{coord|38|29|27|N|97|19|39|W}}
|-
| [[Peabody Township, Marion County, Kansas|Peabody]] || 55125 || [[Peabody, Kansas|Peabody]] || 1,544 || 16 (42) || 95 (37) || 0 (0) || 0.23% || {{coord|38|9|40|N|97|6|22|W}}
|-
| [[Risley Township, Marion County, Kansas|Risley]] || 60000 || * || 241 || 3 (7) || 89 (34) || 1 (0) || 1.36% || {{coord|38|23|56|N|97|11|48|W}}
|-
| [[Summit Township, Marion County, Kansas|Summit]] || 69100 || n/a || 82 || 1 (2) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.51% || {{coord|38|7|21|N|96|58|54|W}}
|-
| [[West Branch Township, Marion County, Kansas|West Branch]] || 76775 || [[Goessel, Kansas|Goessel]] || 1,024 || 11 (29) || 92 (36) || 0 (0) || 0.01% || {{coord|38|13|30|N|97|19|35|W}}
|-
| [[Wilson Township, Marion County, Kansas|Wilson]] || 79750 || [[Aulne, Kansas|Aulne]] || 232 || 2 (6) || 94 (36) || 0 (0) || 0% || {{coord|38|18|17|N|97|5|19|W}}
|}