Afton Township Sedgwick County Kansas Genealogy Trails

Afton

Afton township was organized in October, 1874, by William Lyman, at present postmaster at Afton. The first settler was Albert Southard, who built a house and opened a farm in 1872. The township is watered by Afton Creek and Clear Creek, with several branches of each. It is rolling prairie, producing good crops in favorable seasons, both corn and wheat. Its present population is 262. Its total tax assessment $95,174. (William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, Part 2, Township Sketches)