Fairmount Township, Grant County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Fairmount Township
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = Snowy fields in Fairmount Township


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map_caption = Location of Fairmount Township in Grant County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Grant
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government_type = Indiana township
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area_total_km2 = 78.86
area_land_km2 = 78.72
area_water_km2 = 0.14
area_total_sq_mi = 30.45
area_land_sq_mi = 30.39
area_water_sq_mi = 0.05
area_water_percent = 0.18

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 4451
population_density_km2 = 56.5
population_density_sq_mi = 146.5

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elevation_m = 266
elevation_ft = 873
latd = 40
latm = 24
lats = 51
latNS = N
longd = 85
longm = 36
longs = 48
longEW = W

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Fairmount Township' is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,451.

Geography

Fairmount Township covers an area of 30.45 square miles (78.86 square kilometers); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.14 square kilometers) or 0.18 percent is water. The streams of Barren Creek, Fowlerton Drain, New Prairie Creek and Van Run run through this township.

Cities and towns

* Fairmount
* Fowlerton

Adjacent townships

* Mill Township (north)
* Jefferson Township (east)
* Washington Township, Delaware County (southeast)
* Van Buren Township, Madison County (south)
* Boone Township, Madison County (southwest)
* Liberty Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Bethel and Park.

Major highways

* U.S. Route 26
* Indiana State Road 9
* Indiana State Road 26

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