- Barton Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Barton Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location in Gibson 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 = Gibson
subdivision_type3 = Township Seat
subdivision_name3 =Somerville, Indiana
subdivision_type4 = School District
subdivision_name4 =East Gibson School Corporation
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government_type = Indiana township
leader_title = Trustee
leader_name = Wilma Miley
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area_total_km2 = 127.77
area_land_km2 = 127.5
area_water_km2 = 0.27
area_total_sq_mi = 49.33
area_land_sq_mi = 49.23
area_water_sq_mi = 0.11population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 1,796
population_density_km2 = 14.09
population_density_sq_mi = 36.48timezone = CST
utc_offset = -6
timezone_DST = CDT
utc_offset_DST = -5
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 131
elevation_ft = 430
latd = 38
latm = 14
lats = 47
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 23
longs = 26
longEW = Wpostal_code_type = ZIP codes
postal_code = 47646, 47654, 47683
area_code = 812
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-03556GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453097 453097]
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footnotes =Barton Township is one of ten townships in
Gibson County, Indiana . As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,796. Somerville is the township seat.Geography
Barton Township covers an area of 49.33 square miles (127.77 square kilometers); of this, 0.11 square miles (0.27 square kilometers) or 0.21 percent is water.
Cities and towns
* Mackey
* SomervilleUnincorporated towns
* Buckskin
Adjacent townships
Gibson County
* Columbia Township (north)
* Johnson Township (southwest)
* Union Township (west)
* Center Township (northwest)Pike County
* Monroe Township (east)Warrick County
* Greer Township (south)
* Hart Township (southeast)Cemeteries
The township contains four cemeteries: Albright, Eden, Kilpatrick and Townsley.
Major highways
*
Indiana State Road 57
*Indiana State Road 168 Education
Barton Township is part of the
East Gibson School Corporation .chools
*Barton Township School - Mackey
References
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]External links
* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/counties/Gibson.htm Indiana Township Association page for Gibson County]
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