Blog · October 14, 2026 · Kansas
The Woodson County Township Map: a Kansas guide
How to tell which township a parcel in Woodson County sits in, and what that means near Yates Center.
Main page: Woodson County, KS GIS & Parcel Viewer (official map link, Woodson County facts and neighboring maps).
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A Woodson County township map search near Yates Center commonly starts with a tax bill or a deed that names a township. Below we sort out the kinds of townships in Woodson County and where to see each one.
How to use the Woodson County township map
A township name on a county tax record refers to the civil township where the land near Neosho Falls sits. Separately, Kansas land near Neosho Falls comes from the Public Land Survey System, in which each township is about 36 square miles, divided into 36 numbered sections.
Finding the tract on the Woodson County map
The county's own public map is the ORKA parcel viewer, built on a parcel platform shared by many Kansas counties, and it opens without an account for parcels in Neosho Falls and the rest of the county. Pick Woodson County on the ORKA start page, then search an address in Neosho Falls or click a tract outside town. Bookmark our Woodson County page too; it tracks the official Kansas link if it moves and lists the maps around Neosho Falls.
How to look up a township in Woodson County
Open the ORKA parcel viewer and look in the layer list for township or municipal boundaries; click a parcel near Neosho Falls and the record commonly names the township. Copy the section-township-range from the Woodson County parcel record to match it with a deed or an older atlas.
Reading sections near Yates Center
On a grid map of Woodson County, section 1 sits in the northeast corner of a boundary survey township, and the numbering ends at 36 in the southeast corner. Quarter-quarter descriptions in Woodson County are read from the end: locate the last quarter named first, then work inward. Correction lines and irregular sections exist, so a section near Neosho Falls may not be exactly 640 acres.
Township records near Toronto
Older deeds near Toronto may name a township differently than today's Woodson County records, so compare the legal description too. Election maps, school districts and fire districts in Woodson County don't always follow township lines near Neosho Falls, so check each one separately.
Work and land use in Woodson County
In 2022 the Census Bureau tallied 77 establishments in Woodson County; mining, quarrying and oil and gas topped the list. Oil and gas extraction and support activities for mining and drilling make up an above-average share of Woodson County businesses, a clue to how land around Yates Center gets used.
Getting oriented in Woodson County, KS
Town lots cluster around Yates Center, the county seat, and Toronto and Neosho Falls. Smaller places such as Cookville, Durand, and Piqua appear on the county map as little clusters of lots. Census Bureau estimates put Woodson County at about 3,115 residents in 2023 on approximately 498 square miles of land. Outside Toronto, most of the county map is farm, ranch or timber ground with large, irregular tracts.
Tracts that cross the Woodson County line
Near the edge of the county, check the next map over: Allen County, Anderson County, Coffey County, Greenwood County, and Neosho County all border it. Our Kansas page links each map neighboring Woodson County.
Deeds and plats behind the Woodson County map
Deeds and plats behind the Woodson County map are kept by the county's recording office; the official Woodson County website names which office that is. A deed book and page or instrument number on the county record is the quickest route to pull the document for a lot in Toronto.
Taxes, permits and township lines
Township lines near Neosho Falls can matter more than the mailing town, so look it up well before you call about land near Durand. The township on the county record also decides which local office keeps meeting notices and ordinances for land near Durand.
Woodson County, KS: common questions
How do I locate what township a property in Woodson County is in?
Click the parcel on the ORKA parcel viewer; the Woodson County record typically names the township.
Does a Woodson County mailing town match the township?
Postal towns and township lines in Woodson County don't always match; the parcel record displays the township for taxes.
Does the Woodson County GIS map display township lines?
Many county viewers include a township or municipal boundary layer; check the layer list on the Woodson County map.
What do township and range mean on a deed near Yates Center?
They locate land near Yates Center on the federal survey grid; each survey township holds 36 sections of about 640 acres.
Open the official Woodson County, KS parcel map Woodson 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.