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词条 Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

     Cemeteries  Transportation 

  3. Education

  4. Government

  5. References

     Bibliography 

  6. External links

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}}Kent Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2010 census, its population was 428 and it contained 196 housing units.[2]

History

Kent Township was created in September 1864 from a section of Mound Township.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|14.11|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|14|sqmi}} (or 99.22%) is land and {{convert|0.11|sqmi}} (or 0.78%) is water.[2] It contains one town, State Line City, which is in the far western part of the township next to the Indiana / Illinois border.

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Cemeteries

The township contains Gopher Hill Cemetery[4] and Masonic Cemetery.[5]

Transportation

Both Indiana State Road 63 and Indiana State Road 263 pass through the eastern part of the township from north to south.[6][7]

A Norfolk Southern Railway line enters the township from Danville, Illinois and passes through State Line City, continuing northeast toward the county seat of Williamsport.[8]

Education

Kent Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[9]

Government

Kent Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.[10]

Kent Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[11] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[12]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-05-09|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18171 |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 |publisher=United States Census |accessdate=2013-05-10}}
3. ^Warren County Historical Society 1966, p. 28.
4. ^{{cite gnis|435216|Gopher Hill Cemetery|2011-01-27}}
5. ^{{cite gnis|439492|Masonic Cemetery|2011-01-27}}
6. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1063§ion=1 |title = State Road 63 |publisher = Highway Explorer |accessdate = 2010-09-21 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120309073005/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1063§ion=1 |archivedate = 2012-03-09 |df = }}
7. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1263§ion=1 |title = State Road 263 |publisher = Highway Explorer |accessdate = 2010-09-21 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20120406013522/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1263§ion=1 |archivedate = 2012-04-06 |df = }}
8. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/indot/files/MAIN-RR-11_V1.pdf |title=State of Indiana 2012 Rail System Map |publisher=Indiana Department of Transportation |year=2012 |format=PDF |accessdate=2013-12-02}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020706030312/http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115 |dead-url=yes |archive-date=2002-07-06 |title=Corporation Snapshot, M S D Warren County #8115 |publisher=Indiana Department of Education |accessdate=2011-01-27 }}
10. ^{{cite web |url=http://unitedtownships.org/?page_id=95 |title=Government |publisher=United Township Association of Indiana |accessdate=2011-01-06}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/complete_senate.pdf |title=Indiana Senate |format=PDF |publisher=State of Indiana |accessdate=2013-12-02}}
12. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/complete_house.pdf |title=Indiana House Districts |format=PDF |publisher=State of Indiana |accessdate=2013-12-02}}
* {{cite gnis|0453524|Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana|2009-09-24}}

  • [https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles]

Bibliography

  • {{cite book

|title=Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana
|chapter=Part II. History of Warren County
|publisher=F. A. Battey and Company
|location=Chicago
|year=1883
|first=Weston A.
|last=Goodspeed
|pages=31–156
|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028850010#page/n33/mode/2up
|accessdate=2010-09-19
}}
  • {{cite book

|editor-last=Clifton
|editor-first=Thomas
|title=Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana
|publisher=B. F. Bowen and Company
|year=1913
|location=Indianapolis
|pages=201–335
|url=https://archive.org/stream/pastpresentoffou01clif#page/346/mode/2up
|accessdate=2010-09-19
}}
  • {{cite book

|title=A History of Warren County, Indiana
|author=Warren County Historical Society
|location=Williamsport, Indiana
|year=1966
}}
  • {{cite book

|title=A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition)
|author=Warren County Historical Society
|location=Williamsport, Indiana
|year=2002
}}

External links

  • Indiana Township Association
  • United Township Association of Indiana
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Kent Township
|East=Troy Township, Fountain County
|North=Steuben Township
|South=Mound Township
|West=Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois
}}{{Warren County, Indiana}}

3 : Townships in Warren County, Indiana|Populated places established in 1864|Townships in Indiana

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