Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana
Green Township | |
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Coordinates: 39°57′44″N 85°00′19″W / 39.96222°N 85.00528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Wayne |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 28.67 sq mi (74.3 km2) |
• Land | 28.57 sq mi (74.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.35% |
Elevation | 1,102 ft (336 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,305 |
• Density | 42.8/sq mi (16.5/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
Area code | 765 |
GNIS feature ID | 453349 |
Green Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,222 and it contained 455 housing units.[3]
History
[edit]Green Township was organized in 1821.[4] Green Township was named for one John Green, a Native American.[5]
Geography
[edit]According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 28.67 square miles (74.3 km2), of which 28.57 square miles (74.0 km2) (or 99.65%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (or 0.35%) is water.[3] The streams of Collor Creek, Fruit Branch, Hopewell Run, Morgan Creek, Town Creek, Well Brook, William Creek and Williamsburg Creek run through this township.
Unincorporated towns
[edit](This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
[edit]- Washington Township, Randolph County (north)
- New Garden Township (east)
- Webster Township (southeast)
- Center Township (south)
- Clay Township (southwest)
- Perry Township (west)
- Union Township, Randolph County (northwest)
Cemeteries
[edit]The township contains three cemeteries: Old Center, Old Concord and Williamsburg.
Major highways
[edit]References
[edit]- "Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 221.
- ^ Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Western Historical Association. p. 85.