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词条 Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana
释义

  1. History

  2. Geography

  3. Point of Interest

     Unincorporated towns  Adjacent townships  Cemeteries  Major highways 

  4. Education

  5. References

  6. External links

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Gibson County
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Patoka in White River Township serves as seat.
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|leader_name = Tony Shroeder
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|population_total = 785
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|footnotes = Washington Township is one of two townships in Gibson County that has no Zip Code or Township Seat. Although Oatsville, on the county line with Pike County has its own code.
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Washington Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 785 and it contained 345 housing units.[3] Like Wabash Township, Washington Township also has no organized seat within the township, despite its two corporation-worthy towns Mount Olympus and Wheeling. Patoka, in White River Township, serves as the seat.

Washington Township was organized in 1824, and named for President George Washington.[4]

History

The Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with a boundary increase in 2009.[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|36.79|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|36.34|sqmi}} (or 98.78%) is land and {{convert|0.44|sqmi}} (or 1.20%) is water.[3]

Point of Interest

Unincorporated towns

  • Giro (Buena Vista)
  • Mount Olympus
  • Oatsville
  • Wheeling

Adjacent townships

Gibson County
  • Center Township (south)
  • Patoka Township (southwest)
  • White River Township (west)
Knox County
  • Johnson Township (north)
Pike County
  • Clay Township (northeast)
  • Logan Township (east)

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Armstrong, Kirk, Kirk-McRoberts, Phillips and Richardson.

Major highways

  • Indiana State Road 56
  • Indiana State Road 65

Education

Washington Township is served by the North Gibson School Corporation although not having any schools of its own since the early 1970s.

References

  • U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
  • [https://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
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.CY10/0500000US18051 |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}}
4. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l1E0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA380#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=Stormont, Gil R. | year=1914 | pages=379–380}}
5. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

External links

  • Indiana Township Association
  • United Township Association of Indiana
{{Gibson County, Indiana}}

2 : Townships in Gibson County, Indiana|Townships in Indiana

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