York Township, Benton County, Indiana

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

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map_caption = Location of York 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 1860

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area_magnitude =
area_total_km2 = 71.19
area_land_km2 = 71.18
area_water_km2 = 0.01
area_total_sq_mi = 27.49
area_land_sq_mi = 27.48
area_water_sq_mi = 0

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 241
population_density_km2 = 3.39
population_density_sq_mi = 8.77

timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 235
elevation_ft = 771
latd = 40
latm = 42
lats = 03
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 29
longs = 03
longEW = W

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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-85940GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:454066 454066]
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York Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 241. It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.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

York Township covers an area of 27.49 square miles.

Unincorporated towns

* Raub
* Sheff (extinct)
* Yeagers Curve (extinct)
* Zadoc (extinct)

Adjacent townships

* Parish Grove (south)
* Richland (east)
* Jefferson Township, Newton County (north)

Major highways

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Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Blue Ridge and Fleming.

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]