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词条 Troy Township, Fountain County, Indiana
释义

  1. Geography

     Cemeteries 

  2. References

      Bibliography  

  3. External links

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}}Troy Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,711 and it contained 1,657 housing units.[3]

Geography

Troy Township lies along the western side of Fountain County; the Wabash River defines the western borders of both. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|44.44|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|43.86|sqmi}} (or 98.69%) is land and {{convert|0.58|sqmi}} (or 1.31%) is water.[3]

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Troy Township contains the Fountain County seat of Covington, in the western part of the county near the river. At one time, the unincorporated community of Layton existed in the southeast part of the township along the present route of U.S. Route 136.

Interstate 74 passes through the southern part of the township. U.S. Route 136 lies to the north of I-74 for most of its route; it passes through Covington, but east of Layton, I-74 crosses to its north side.

Cemeteries

The township contains the four cemeteries of Bend, Mount Hope, Prescott Grove and Sand Hill.

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513095013/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
  • U.S. Board on Geographic Names
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=American FactFinder}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18045 |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}}

Bibliography

  • {{cite book

|last=Beckwith
|first=H. W.
|title=History of Fountain County, together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley
|chapter=Troy Township
|publisher=H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers
|year=1881
|location=Chicago
|pages=85–169
|url=https://archive.org/stream/historyoffountai00beck#page/n359/mode/2up
}}
  • {{cite book

|editor-last=Clifton
|editor-first=Thomas
|title=Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana
|chapter=Troy Township
|publisher=B. F. Bowen and Company
|year=1913
|location=Indianapolis
|pages=156–158
|url=https://archive.org/stream/pastpresentoffou01clif#page/258/mode/2up
|accessdate=2010-09-19
}}

External links

  • Indiana Township Association
  • United Township Association of Indiana
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Troy Township
|North=Pike Township, Warren County
|Northeast=Shawnee Township
|East=Van Buren Township
|South=Wabash Township
|Southwest=Highland Township, Vermillion County
|West=Kent Township, Warren County
Mound Township, Warren County
|Northwest=Steuben Township, Warren County
}}{{Fountain County, Indiana}}{{FountainCountyIN-geo-stub}}

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