Grasshopper Township, Atchison County, Kansas

Grasshopper Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 567.

History
Grasshopper Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.

Geography
Grasshopper Township covers an area of 170.9 km2 and contains one incorporated settlement, Muscotah. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Brush Creek, Forest Grove and Wheatland.

The streams of Brush Creek, Clear Creek, Little Delaware River, Little Grasshopper Creek, Mission Creek, Otter Creek and South Creek run through this township.