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词条 Pike Township, Warren County, Indiana
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

     Cemeteries  Transportation 

  3. Education

  4. Government

  5. Climate and weather

  6. References

     Bibliography 

  7. External links

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}}Pike Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2010 census, its population was 1,221 and it contained 529 housing units.[2]

History

Pike Township was one of the four original townships in the county, formed on November 6, 1827.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|17.56|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|17.36|sqmi}} (or 98.86%) is land and {{convert|0.2|sqmi}} (or 1.14%) is water.[2] The streams of Dry Branch, Foster Branch, Johnson Branch, Jordan Creek and Redwood Creek run through this township. Pike Township has two towns: West Lebanon, with a population of 793 and contains two-thirds of the residents of the township, and Old Town.

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Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries. Shanklin Hill Cemetery is a small burial ground located on the western border of the township.[4] West Lebanon Cemetery is much larger and is located southeast of the town.[5]

Transportation

Indiana State Road 28 passes through the north end of the township on its route from the Illinois state line in the west to Williamsport (and beyond) in the east.[6] Indiana State Road 63 begins in Liberty Township just to the north, and runs through the western part of Pike Township on its way south to Terre Haute.[7] Indiana State Road 263 begins at State Road 63 and passes through West Lebanon, re-joining State Road 63 in the south part of the county.[8]

Education

Pike Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County. It contains the county's only high school, Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School, located on State Road 263 north of West Lebanon; one of the three elementary schools, Warren Central Elementary School, is co-located with Seeger.[9]

Pike Township is served by the West Lebanon-Pike Township Public Library.[10]

Government

Pike 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.[11]

Pike Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[12] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[13]

Climate and weather

{{climate chart
|West Lebanon, Indiana
|15|32|1.91
|20|38|1.80
|29|49|2.84
|39|62|3.38
|50|73|4.26
|60|82|4.53
|63|85|4.16
|60|83|3.66
|52|77|3.05
|41|65|2.81
|33|50|3.19
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In recent years, average temperatures in West Lebanon have ranged from a low of {{convert|15|°F}} in January to a high of {{convert|85|°F}} in July, with a record low of {{convert|-26|°F}} recorded in January 1994 and a record high of {{convert|105|°F}} recorded in August 1988. Average monthly precipitation ranged from {{convert|1.80|in}} in February to {{convert|4.53|in}} in June.[14]

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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. 62.
4. ^{{cite gnis|443283|Shanklin Hill Cemetery|2011-02-05}}
5. ^{{cite gnis|445781|West Lebanon Cemetery|2011-02-05}}
6. ^{{cite web |url = http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1028§ion=1 |title = State Road 28 |publisher = Highway Explorer |accessdate = 2010-09-21 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165644/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1028§ion=1 |archivedate = 2011-07-11 |df = }}
7. ^{{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 = }}
8. ^{{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 = }}
9. ^{{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 = }}
10. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.in.gov/library/files/countyindex13.pdf | title=Indiana public library directory | publisher=Indiana State Library | accessdate=15 March 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://unitedtownships.org/?page_id=95 |title=Government |publisher=United Township Association of Indiana |accessdate=2011-01-06}}
12. ^{{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}}
13. ^{{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}}
14. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/USIN0708 |title=Monthly Averages for West Lebanon, Indiana |accessdate=2011-01-27 |publisher=The Weather Channel}}
* {{cite gnis|0453737|Pike 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 = Pike Township
|South=Troy Township, Fountain County
|East=Washington Township
Shawnee Township, Fountain County
|West=Steuben Township
|Northeast=Liberty Township
|Northwest=Jordan Township
}}{{Warren County, Indiana}}

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