Blog · October 14, 2026 · Kansas
Mitchell County Township Map, Kansas
Civil and survey townships in Mitchell County, with the free map, starting near Glen Elder.
Main page: Mitchell County, KS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Mitchell County facts and neighboring maps).
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If a deed near Scottsville mentions a township, or a tax bill names one, the Mitchell County township map is how you find it on the ground. The free Mitchell County parcel viewer and the parcel record usually show both.
How to use the Mitchell County township map
The named townships on a county map are civil townships, and a parcel near Scottsville belongs to exactly one of them. Rural land in Mitchell County comes from the Public Land Survey System, in which each township is about 36 square miles, divided into 36 numbered sections.
The county map you'll pair it with
Mitchell County publishes its parcels on the ORKA parcel viewer, which runs on a parcel platform shared by many Kansas counties, free to use for a lot in Tipton or a parcel near Glen Elder. Once Mitchell County is chosen in ORKA, parcels near Glen Elder show owner and acreage when clicked. If the official address for the Mitchell County, KS map ever changes, our directory page carries the current link for Tipton and the rest of the county.
Seeing township lines on the Mitchell County map
Open the ORKA parcel viewer and look in the layer list for township or municipal boundaries; click a parcel near Tipton and the record frequently names the township. Copy the section-township-range from the Mitchell County parcel record to match it with a deed or an older atlas.
Sections, quarters and roads in Mitchell County
Near Cawker City, section 1 sits in the northeast corner of a licensed survey township, with the count snaking back and forth to 36 in the southeast. Quarter-quarter descriptions in Mitchell County are read from the end: the final quarter listed is the largest piece. Correction lines and irregular sections exist, so a section near Hunter may not be exactly 640 acres.
Township records near Simpson
Township names on a historical atlas of Mitchell County can help when a family deed near Hunter uses an old place name. For property tax questions, the township shown on the county record for a parcel near Simpson is the one that counts.
What drives land use around Beloit
Mitchell County's 2022 business count was 232 establishments, with retail trade, other services, and health care and social assistance the largest groups. Wholesale of nondurable goods (including farm products) and amusement, gambling and recreation make up an above-average share of Mitchell County businesses, a clue to how land around Beloit gets used.
The lay of the land around Beloit
Town lots cluster around Beloit, the county seat, and Cawker City, Glen Elder, Hunter, and Scottsville. Smaller places such as Asherville and Solomon Rapids appear on the county map as little clusters of lots. Census Bureau estimates put Mitchell County at about 5,719 residents in 2023 on about 702 square miles of land. Outside Hunter, most of the county map is farm, ranch or timber ground with large, irregular tracts. With a founding date of 1867, Mitchell County has long chains of title on some rural tracts.
Neighboring maps around Mitchell County
Near the edge of the county, check the next map over: Cloud County, Jewell County, Lincoln County, Osborne County, and Ottawa County all border it. Every map bordering Mitchell County is listed on our Kansas directory.
Deeds and plats behind the Mitchell County map
Deeds and plats behind the Mitchell County map are kept by the county's recording office; the official Mitchell County website names which office that is. A deed book and page or instrument number on the county record is the fastest way to request the document for a lot in Beloit.
Mailing towns vs. townships near Scottsville
For a parcel near Scottsville, township lines can matter more than the mailing town, so look it up before you call about land near Asherville. When you compare tax bills for land near Scottsville, check if the parcels sit in the same township; levies can differ across the line.
Quick answers for Mitchell County
Which township is my house near Scottsville in?
Look up the address on the Mitchell County parcel map and read the township field, or turn on township boundaries.
How big is a quarter section near Hunter?
A standard section is about 640 acres, so a quarter section near Hunter is about 160, although corrections make some smaller.
Why is my mailing address in Scottsville but my township different?
Postal towns and township lines in Mitchell County don't always match; the parcel record shows the township for taxes.
What is a licensed survey township in Mitchell County?
They locate land near Scottsville on the federal survey grid; each survey township holds 36 sections of about 640 acres.
Open the official Mitchell County, KS parcel map Mitchell County in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.