Union Township, Benton County, Indiana

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

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map_caption = Location of Union 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 = June 1864

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area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 92.62
area_land_km2 = 92.6
area_water_km2 = 0.02
area_total_sq_mi = 35.76
area_land_sq_mi = 35.75
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 278
population_density_km2 = 3
population_density_sq_mi = 7.78

timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 241
elevation_ft = 791
latd = 40
latm = 41
lats = 28
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 15
longs = 50
longEW = W

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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-77138GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453907 453907]
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footnotes =

Union Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 278. The township was organized in June 1864 and named by John W. Nutt "because of the loyalty shown in furnishing soldiers for the Union army."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

Union Township covers an area of 35.76 square miles; 0.01 square miles (0.03 percent) of this is water.

Unincorporated towns

* Lochiel
* Wadena

Adjacent townships

* Center (south)
* Gilboa (east)
* Pine (southeast)
* Richland (west)
* Carpenter Township, Jasper County (northeast)
* Grant Township, Newton County (northwest)

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]