Topological semilattices are partially ordered topological spaces X in which each pair of elements x, x′ ∈ X has a least upper bound x V x′ and the function ( x, x′)↦ x V x′ is continuous. We establish in such a context an order theoretical version of the classical result of Knaster-Kuratowski-Mazurkiewicz, as well as fixed point theorems for multivalued mappings. One can then, as in the context of topological vector spaces, obtain existence results for the largest elements of a weak preference relation or maximal elements for a strict preference relation. Beyond these particular results, we wish to attract attention to path-connected topological semilattices, examples of which will be found in the introduction, and their rich geometric structure — a geometric structure rich enough to provide order theoretical versions of some of the basic tools from mathematical economics and, therefore, also an alternative to the usual convexity assumptions.