Prairie Township, Warren County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Prairie Township
settlement_type = Township
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Warren
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government_type = Indiana township
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area_total_km2 = 123.81
area_land_km2 = 123.81
area_water_km2 = 0
area_total_sq_mi = 47.8
area_land_sq_mi = 47.8
area_water_sq_mi = 0
area_water_percent = 0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 290
population_density_km2 = 2.3
population_density_sq_mi = 6.1

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elevation_m = 223
elevation_ft = 732
latd = 40
latm = 26
lats = 28
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 27
longs = 23
longEW = W

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Prairie Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 290.

Geography

Prairie Township covers an area of 47.8 square miles (123.81 square kilometers). It is almost entirely agricultural and contains a single town, Tab. Two other small communities in the eastern part of the township, Locust Grove and Walnut Grove, dwindled away during the 20th century and are now extinct.

Unincorporated towns

* Tab

Extinct towns

* Locust Grove
* Walnut Grove

Adjacent townships

* Hickory Grove Township, Benton County (north)
* Grant Township, Benton County (northeast)
* Pine Township (east)
* Liberty Township (southeast)
* Jordan Township (south)
* Grant Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (west)

Major highways

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Airports and landing strips

* Dalton Airport

References

* Warren County Historical Society (1966), "A History of Warren County, Indiana".
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]

External links

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