Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana

Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Grant Township
settlement_type = Township
nickname =
motto =



imagesize =
image_caption =


image_



mapsize =
map_caption = Location of Grant Township in Benton County


mapsize1 =
map_caption1 =

subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Benton
government_footnotes =
government_type = Indiana township
leader_title =
leader_name =
leader_title1 =
leader_name1 =
established_title = Organized
established_date = December 1868
named_for = Ulysses Grant

area_footnotes =
area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 92.98
area_land_km2 = 92.96
area_water_km2 = 0.02
area_total_sq_mi = 35.9
area_land_sq_mi = 35.89
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 1,142
population_density_km2 = 12.28
population_density_sq_mi = 31.82

timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 229
elevation_ft = 751
latd = 40
latm = 31
lats = 12
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 22
longs = 41
longEW = W

postal_code_type =
postal_code =
area_code =
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-28818GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453334 453334]
website =
footnotes =

Grant Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,142. It was organized in December 1868 and was named for Ulysses Grant.cite book
last = Birch
first = Jesse Setlington
title = History of Benton County and Historic Oxford
origyear = 1928
year = 1942
publisher = Craw & Craw, Inc.
location = Oxford, Indiana
pages = p. 21
]

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 35.9 square miles; 0.01 square miles (0.03 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

* Boswell

Unincorporated towns

* Chase

Adjacent townships

* Center (northeast)
* Hickory Grove (west)
* Oak Grove (east)
* Parish Grove (northwest)
* Pine Township, Warren County (southeast)
* Prairie Township, Warren County (southwest)

Major highways

*
*

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Boswell, Perigo and Smith.

References

* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]

External links

* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/counties/Benton.htm Indiana Township Association page for Benton County]


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