Place:Mission (township), Johnson, Kansas, United States

Township of Mission

Mission historically was a civil township situated in the northeastern corner of the county of Johnson, state of Kansas, United States of America. It was originally bounded on the north by the county of Wyandotte, on the east by the state of Missouri (including the county of Jackson), on the south by the township of Oxford, and on the west by the township of Shawnee.

History

Mission was created in the 1890s from the eastern 40% of the township of Shawnee, and the meridian between ranges 24 and 25 east of the Sixth Principal Meridian became the new boundary of the civil townships. At the same time, the northern boundary of the township of Oxford was moved 1.5 miles to the south. Mission was dissolved in the 1960s when its remaining territory was annexed into the incorporated cities of Overland Park, Roeland Park, and Leawood.

Research Tips

Bibliography

See the entries for Johnson County.

Resources

Historical property maps—

• Standard atlas of Johnson County, Kansas. (Chicago, Illinois: Ogle, 1902), p. 17: Map of Mission Township