- Center Township, Benton County, Indiana
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Center Township
settlement_type = Township
nickname =
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map_caption = Location of Center Township in Benton County
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map_caption1 =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 1875area_footnotes =
area_magnitude =
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 = 0.01population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 2,854
population_density_km2 = 20.46
population_density_sq_mi = 52.98timezone = 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
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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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footnotes =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]
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