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词条 Mound 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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}}Mound Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2010 census, its population was 418 and it contained 183 housing units.[2]

History

Mound Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|16.79|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|16.57|sqmi}} (or 98.69%) is land and {{convert|0.22|sqmi}} (or 1.31%) is water.[2] The town of Foster is located just north of U.S. Route 136, about {{convert|1|mi}} east of the township's southwestern border. Extinct communities in the township include Baltimore, which thrived on the banks of the Wabash River in the early 19th century, and Romine Corner. The streams of Kitchen Creek and Possum Run run through the township.

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Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Baltimore,[4] Rodgers[5] and Upper Mound.[6]

Transportation

U.S. Route 136 runs across the south part of the township, connecting Danville, Illinois to the west with Covington to the east.[7] Indiana State Road 63 runs from north to south in the eastern part of the township;[8] its child route of Indiana State Road 263 joins State Road 63 just north of the intersection with U.S. Route 136.[9] The {{convert|6|mi|km|-1|adj=on}} Vermilion Valley Railroad serves the Flex-N-Gate factory near Covington and runs west from the plant through the town of Foster to meet a CSX line in Danville.[10][11]

Education

Mound Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[12]

Government

Mound Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides relief to the poor, 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.[13]

Mound Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[14] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[15]

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. 56.
4. ^{{cite gnis|430468|Baltimore Cemetery|2011-02-05}}
5. ^{{cite gnis|442243|Roger Cemetery|2011-02-05}}
6. ^{{cite gnis|445169|Upper Mound Cemetery|2011-02-05}}
7. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2136§ion=1 |title = U.S. Route 136 |publisher = Highway Explorer |accessdate = 2010-09-21 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165623/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2136§ion=1 |archivedate = 2011-07-11 |df = }}
8. ^{{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 = }}
9. ^{{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 = }}
10. ^{{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=2011 |format=PDF |accessdate=2011-06-19}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.rrb.gov/blaw/bcd/bcd03-61.htm |title=Employer Status Determination: Vermilion Valley Railroad Company, Inc. |publisher=Railroad Retirement Board |date=2003-06-30 |accessdate=2010-08-28}}
12. ^{{cite web |url = http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115 |title = Corporation Snapshot, M S D Warren County #8115 |publisher = Indiana Department of Education |accessdate = 2011-01-27 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020706030312/http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115 |archivedate = 2002-07-06 |df = }}
13. ^{{cite web |url=http://unitedtownships.org/?page_id=95 |title=Government |publisher=United Township Association of Indiana |accessdate=2011-01-06}}
14. ^{{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}}
15. ^{{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|0453656|Mound 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
}}{{commonscat|Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana}}

External links

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

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