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Union Township, Miami County, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 86°07′27″W / 40.89972°N 86.12417°W / 40.89972; -86.12417
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Union Township
Township
Location in Miami County
Location in Miami County
Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 86°07′27″W / 40.89972°N 86.12417°W / 40.89972; -86.12417
Country United States
State Indiana
CountyMiami
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
21.82 sq mi (56.5 km2)
 • Land21.73 sq mi (56.3 km2)
 • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.37%
Elevation
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810 ft (247 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
764
 • Density35/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
46921, 46926, 46951
GNIS feature ID453925

Union Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 764 (down from 857 at 2010[3]) and it contained 349 housing units.

History

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Union Township was first settled in the spring of 1835.[4] Union Township was organized in 1837.[5]

Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 21.82 square miles (56.5 km2), of which 21.73 square miles (56.3 km2) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) (or 0.37%) is water.[3]

Unincorporated towns

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Extinct towns

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Cemeteries

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The township contains these five cemeteries: Ebenezer, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mount Zion, Leedy and Weasaw.

Major highways

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School districts

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  • North Miami Community Schools

Political districts

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References

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  • "Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  • United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • IndianaMap
  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 146.
  5. ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 276.
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