Boone Township, Harrison County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Boone Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Harrison
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:47.65
Area Land Sq Mi:47.31
Area Water Sq Mi:0.34
Area Water Percent:0.71
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1308
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Elevation M:205
Elevation Ft:673
Coordinates:38.0492°N -86.0739°W
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:0453128

Boone Township is one of 12 townships in Harrison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,308 and it contained 593 housing units.[1]

History

Boone Township is named after Squire Boone who settled in the township in 1806. He died there in 1815 and is buried in the nearby Squire Boone Caverns. Boone built the first Baptist church in Indiana in the Boone Township in 1813. The church is called Old Goshen Church and has been reconstructed.

Kintner-Withers House was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.29%) is land and (or 0.71%) is water.[2] The streams of Big Run, Mays Branch and West Branch Mosquito Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Education

The children of Boone Township attend South Central school which is part of the South Harrison School District.

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains 43 documented cemeteries: Able, Barger, Becky Brown Family Plot, Beswick/Radmacher's, Brown Family Cemetery (aka Old Stephen's), Chaffin, Cole, Collen's Chapel, Cotner, Crosier, Dodd/Kings, Dunkard, Eckart, Ellis, Entrician/Endrocrane, Ferree/May, Grey, Guest, John Brown Cemetery, Kinzer/Lightner, Laconia Methodist (Bethel), Lane, Lewis, Madden, Marsh Burying Ground, McIntire (Evan's), Memorial Baptist/Presbyterian, Nancy Brown Plot, Old Goshen, Payton, Philip Rupp's Grave, Phillips Cemetery, Reed, Rehobeth, Ridley, Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sands, Stallings, Stephens, Union Chapel, unnamed Boone and Zimmerman family cemetery.

Major highways

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-11 . data.census.gov.
  2. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . dead . https://archive.today/20200212200411/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18061 . February 12, 2020 . May 10, 2013 . United States Census.