Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Greensboro Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Henry
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:25.61
Area Land Sq Mi:25.54
Area Water Sq Mi:0.07
Area Water Percent:0.27
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1611
Population Density Sq Mi:67.6
Elevation M:317
Elevation Ft:1040
Coordinates:39.8853°N -85.5081°W
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:0453353

Greensboro Township is one of thirteen townships in Henry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,728 and it contained 715 housing units.[2]

Greensboro Township was organized in 1831.[3] It was named after the city of Greensboro, North Carolina.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.73%) is land and (or 0.27%) is water.[2] The streams of Bench Run, Dry Fork, Egg Run, Feather Fork, Goose Run, Goslin Creek, Hatch Brook, Mont Branch, Mount Lawn Brook, Quack Run, Quill Run, Ten Creek, Web Run and York Run run through this township.

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Greensboro Friends, Hicksite, Greensboro Township and Mason.

The Greensboro Friends Cemetery was established on 18 March 1825 and is located next to Greensboro Pike. Following the "great separation" of 1827-28 of the Quakers,[4] Hicksite Cemetery was founded on 26 Oct 1830 as a ministry of the Greensboro Friends who were in the Hicksite Quaker faction.[5]

The small Greensboro Township Cemetery is located immediately southwest of the smaller Mason Cemetery.

Major highways

References

  1. Web site: May 2023 . Census Bureau profile: Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana . . March 24, 2024.
  2. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212200055/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18065 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-10.
  3. Book: Hazzard, George. Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906. 1906. G. Hazzard, author and publisher. 886.
  4. Web site: A Brief History of the Branches of Friends | Quaker Information Center.
  5. http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/books-publications/magazines/online-connections/quaker-records/duckcreekmtgminsmarr.pdf Indiana History Online: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting (Henry County)