Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana

Union Township
Township
Downtown Crawfordsville, in Union Township
Location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 40°02′15″N 86°53′51″W / 40.03750°N 86.89750°W / 40.03750; -86.89750Coordinates: 40°02′15″N 86°53′51″W / 40.03750°N 86.89750°W / 40.03750; -86.89750
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Montgomery
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	111.88 sq mi (289.8 km2)
• Land	111.58 sq mi (289.0 km2)
• Water	0.3 sq mi (0.8 km2)  0.27%
Elevation	784 ft (239 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	24,587
• Density	220.4/sq mi (85.1/km2)
ZIP codes	47933, 47965, 47968
GNIS feature ID	0453926

Union Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 24,587 and it contained 10,723 housing units.^[1] Wabash College is located in Crawfordsville in this township.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 111.88 square miles (289.8 km²), of which 111.58 square miles (289.0 km²) (or 99.73%) is land and 0.3 square miles (0.78 km²) (or 0.27%) is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

• Crawfordsville
• New Market (north half)

Unincorporated towns

• Ames at 40°02′00″N 86°53′13″W / 40.033376°N 86.886952°W / 40.033376; -86.886952
• Fiskville at 40°02′55″N 86°53′41″W / 40.048654°N 86.89473°W / 40.048654; -86.89473
• Garfield at 40°04′59″N 86°49′26″W / 40.083097°N 86.823896°W / 40.083097; -86.823896
• Lake Holiday
• Manchester at 40°05′52″N 86°54′15″W / 40.097819°N 86.904174°W / 40.097819; -86.904174
• North Union at 39°57′56″N 86°54′12″W / 39.9656°N 86.903341°W / 39.9656; -86.903341
• Smartsburg at 40°02′49″N 86°49′43″W / 40.046987°N 86.828618°W / 40.046987; -86.828618
• Whitesville at 39°57′55″N 86°50′01″W / 39.965322°N 86.833618°W / 39.965322; -86.833618

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these nineteen cemeteries: Ben Hur, Breaks, Calvary, Coons, Finley Chapel, Galey, Harshbarger, Hutton, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lutheran, Michael, Nutt, Oak Hill, Oldtown, Sidener, Stover, Weir, Wilhite and Wilson.

Major highways

• Interstate 74
• U.S. Route 136
• U.S. Route 231
• Indiana State Road 32
• Indiana State Road 47

Airports and landing strips

• Crawfordsville Municipal Airport

School districts

• Crawfordsville Community Schools
• North Montgomery Community School Corporation
• South Montgomery Community School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 4th congressional district
• State House District 41
• State Senate District 23

References

• "Union Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-27. 
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• City-Data.com page for Union Township

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	Ripley Township Wayne Township		Franklin Township Walnut Township
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	Brown Township	Scott Township	Clark Township

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Crawfordsville
City	Crawfordsville
Towns	Alamo Darlington Ladoga Linden New Market New Richmond New Ross Waveland Waynetown Wingate
Townships	Brown Clark Coal Creek Franklin Madison Ripley Scott Sugar Creek Union Walnut Wayne
CDP	Lake Holiday
Other unincorporated communities	Balhinch Beckville Bowers Browns Valley Cherry Grove Darlington Woods Deer's Mill Elmdale Fiskville Garfield Hibernia Kirkpatrick Lapland Linnsburg Log Cabin Crossroads Mace Manchester North Union Parkersburg Shannondale Smartsburg Sycamore Ford Taylor Corner Wesley Whitesville Yountsville