Lakin Township is a township in Kearny County, Kansas, USA.

As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,587.

[1] Lakin Township covers an area of 63.26 square miles (163.85 square kilometers); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.06 square kilometers) or 0.04 percent is water.

The stream of Sand Creek runs through this township.

The township contains one cemetery, Lakin.