Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Gilboa Township
settlement_type = Township
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motto =

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map_caption = Location of Gilboa 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
government_footnotes =
government_type = Indiana township
leader_title =
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established_title = Organized
established_date = December 1866

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area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 93.08
area_land_km2 = 93.08
area_water_km2 = 0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.94
area_land_sq_mi = 35.94
area_water_sq_mi = 0

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 241
population_density_km2 = 2.59
population_density_sq_mi = 6.71

timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 232
elevation_ft = 761
latd = 40
latm = 41
lats = 36
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 09
longs = 31
longEW = W

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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-27630GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453330 453330]
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footnotes =

Gilboa Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 241. It is named for Mount Gilboa, a prominence in the southern part of the 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

Gilboa Township covers an area of 35.94 square miles.

Adjacent townships

* Center (southwest)
* Pine (south)
* Union (west)
* Carpenter Township, Jasper County (north)
* Princeton Township, White County (northeast)
* Round Grove Township, White County (southeast)
* West Point Township, White County (east)

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]