Shannon Township is a township in Atchison County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,282.[1]
Shannon Township was established in 1855 as one of the three original townships of Atchison County.[2]
Shannon Township covers an area of 52.9 square miles (137.0 km2) around the north and west of the county seat of Atchison. According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Cummings, Mount Calvary, Mount Vernon, Myers and Taylor.
The streams of Deer Creek and Independence Creek run through this township.