Center Township, Benton County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Center Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Center Township in Benton County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Benton
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government_type = Indiana township
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established_title = Organized
established_date = June 1875

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area_total_km2 = 139.53
area_land_km2 = 139.52
area_water_km2 = 0.01
area_total_sq_mi = 53.87
area_land_sq_mi = 53.87
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 2,854
population_density_km2 = 20.46
population_density_sq_mi = 52.98

timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 244
elevation_ft = 801
latd = 40
latm = 36
lats = 15
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 17
longs = 43
longEW = W

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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-11224GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453172 453172]
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Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,854. It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.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

Center Township covers an area of 53.87 square miles; 0.01 square miles (0.02 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

* Fowler (the county seat)

Unincorporated towns

* Atkinson
* Barce
* Gravel Hill
* Swanington(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

* Bolivar (southeast)
* Gilboa (northeast)
* Grant (southwest)
* Oak Grove (south)
* Parish Grove (west)
* Pine (east)
* Richland (northwest)
* Union (north)

Major highways

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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]