Shawnee Township is a township in Cherokee County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 505.GeographyShawnee Township covers an area of 35.02sqmi and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it contains three cemeteries: Messer, Ritchie and Wirtonia.The streams of Cow Creek, Little Shawnee Creek and Turkey Creek run through this township.