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Payne Township is a township in Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, it has a population of 1,119.[2]

History

Payne Township was named for David L. Payne, a pioneer known as the "Father of Oklahoma".[3]

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Kansas: 2000 Population and Housing Counts" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. July 2003. p. 27. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  3. ^ Bentley, Orsemus Hills (1910). History of Wichita and Sedgwick County, Kansas: Past and Present. Windmill Publications. p. 631.