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Education

Unified school districts

  • Healy USD 468 - this school district is planning to dissolve and consolidate in 2025.
  • Dighton USD 482

Communities

[[Image:Map of Lane Co, Ks, USA.png|thumb|300px|2005 map of Lane County<br/>

† means a community is designated a Census-Designated Place (CDP) by the United States Census Bureau.

City

  • Dighton (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

  • Alamota
  • Amy
  • Healy†
  • Pendennis
  • Shields

Townships

Lane County is divided into five townships. None of the cities within the county are considered governmentally independent, and all 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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|+align="bottom"|Sources: 2000 U.S. Gazetteer from the U.S. Census Bureau.

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! Township !! FIPS !! Population<br/>center

! Population !! Population<br/>density<br/><small>/km<sup>2</sup> (/sq mi)</small>

! Land area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water area<br/><small>km<sup>2</sup> (sq mi)</small> !! Water %

! Geographic coordinates

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| Alamota || 00775 || || 108 || 0 (1) || 414 (160) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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| Cheyenne || 13050 || || 336 || 1 (4) || 245 (94) || 0 (0) || 0% ||

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| Dighton || 18075 || || 1,573 || 2 (5) || 785 (303) || 0 (0) || 0.01% ||

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| White Rock || 77950 || || 26 || 0 (0) || 207 (80) || 0 (0) || 0.02% ||

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| Wilson || 79725 || || 112 || 1 (1) || 206 (80) || 0 (0) || 0.20% ||

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See also

  • Dry counties

References

Further reading

  • Early Lane County History: 12,000 B.C. - A.D. 1884; Ellen May Stanley; Mennonite Press; 1993.
  • Standard Atlas of Lane County, Kansas; Geo. A. Ogle & Co; 62 pages; 1920.

;County

  • Lane County - Directory of Public Officials

;Maps

  • Lane County Township Map - Kansas Department of Transportation
  • Lane County Road Maps - Kansas Department of Transportation
  • Kansas State Highway Maps - Kansas Department of Transportation