词条 | Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana |
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|official_name = Kent Township |settlement_type = Township |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |image_seal = |image_map = Map highlighting Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana.svg |mapsize = |map_caption = Location of Kent Township in Warren County |image_map1 = Map of USA IN.svg |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = Location of Indiana in the United States |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Indiana |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Warren |government_footnotes = |government_type = Indiana township |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |area_footnotes = |area_magnitude = |area_total_sq_mi = 14.11 |area_land_sq_mi = 14 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.11 |area_water_percent = 0.78 |population_as_of = 2010 |population_footnotes = |population_total = 428 |population_density_sq_mi = 30.6 |timezone = Eastern (EST) |utc_offset = -5 |timezone_DST = EDT |utc_offset_DST = -4 |elevation_footnotes = [1] |elevation_m = 211 |elevation_ft = 692 |coordinates = {{coord|40|11|44|N|87|28|32|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}} |postal_code_type = ZIP Code |postal_code = 47993 |area_code = 765 |blank_name = GNIS feature ID |blank_info = 453524 |website = |footnotes = }}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] HistoryKent Township was created in September 1864 from a section of Mound Township.[3] GeographyAccording 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. {{clear left}}CemeteriesThe township contains Gopher Hill Cemetery[4] and Masonic Cemetery.[5] TransportationBoth 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] EducationKent Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[9] GovernmentKent 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] References1. ^{{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}} * {{cite gnis|0453524|Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana|2009-09-24}}2. ^1 {{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}}
Bibliography
|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 }}
|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 }}
|title=A History of Warren County, Indiana |author=Warren County Historical Society |location=Williamsport, Indiana |year=1966 }}
|title=A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition) |author=Warren County Historical Society |location=Williamsport, Indiana |year=2002 }} External links
|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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