Kirklin Township, Clinton County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Kirklin Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Kirklin Township in Clinton County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Clinton
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government_type = Indiana township
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established_title = Organized
established_date = 1837
named_for = Nathan Kirk, settler

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area_total_km2 = 90.74
area_land_km2 = 90.74
area_water_km2 = 0
area_total_sq_mi = 35.04
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area_water_sq_mi = 0

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1,370
population_density_km2 = 15.1
population_density_sq_mi = 39.1

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elevation_m = 277
elevation_ft = 909
latd = 40
latm = 12
lats = 58
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longd = 86
longm = 22
longs = 38
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Kirklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,370.

History

The township was organized in 1837 from a piece of Jackson Township and named for Nathan Kirk, a local pioneer and the first settler in the eastern half of the county. Arriving in 1826, Kirk erected a log cabin in section 34 on the eastern side of what was known as Twelve Mile Prairie and remained the only white resident of the area that would become Kirklin Township until 1829, when Thaddeus Panburn and Daniel Hunter came and entered his employ.

Sugar Creek Township was set off from a piece of Kirklin Township in 1841. The Monon Railroad, arriving in 1883, was the first rail line to pass through the township and led to the founding of the town of Cyclone.cite book
last=Claybaugh
first=Joseph
title=History of Clinton County, Indiana
year=1913
publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company
location=Indianapolis
chapter=Kirklin Township]

Geography

Kirklin Township covers an area of 35.04 square miles.

Cities and towns

* Kirklin

Adjacent townships

* Michigan Township (north)
* Johnson Township (northeast)
* Sugar Creek Township (east)
* Marion Township, Boone County (southeast)
* Clinton Township, Boone County (southwest)
* Jackson Township (west)
* Center Township (northwest)

Major highways

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Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Bogan, Dew, Earp, Kings Corner, McIntire, Oak Hill and Stowers.

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/Clinton.htm Indiana Township Association page for Clinton County]