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Eagle

Eagle Township was organized January 9, 1872. It was named in honor of the Wichita Eagle, it is located north of Park and a little west of north from the confluence of the two rivers; is watered by the Big Arkansas, and is one of the best townships in the county. Its grain producing as well as stock raising industries, are fast coming to the front rank of the townships; besides its boasts of several of the finest orchards in the county. Embracing parts of three ranges, 1, 2, and 3 west, it gets with it alike capabailities for farming and stock raising. Population 551, valuation of property, $205,732. (William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Sedgwick County, Part 2, Township Sketches)