| Official Name: | Guilford Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hendricks |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Km2: | 93.06 |
| Area Land Km2: | 92.72 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.34 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.93 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.8 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.37 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 33797 |
| Population Density Km2: | 300.3 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 777.8 |
| Elevation M: | 221 |
| Elevation Ft: | 725 |
| Coordinates: | 39.6744°N -86.3822°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0453358 |
Guilford Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,844.[2]
Guilford was the first settled township in Hendricks County.[3] In 1820 Samuel Herriman, James Dunn, Bat Ramsey, Harris Bay, John W. Bryant, and George Moore settled on White Lick Creek near the Morgan County line.[4] Many of the first settlers to arrive in the township were Quakers from Guilford County, North Carolina, and named the township after their old home.[5]
The Joel Jessup Farm, Noah and Hannah Hadley Kellum House, Kellum-Jessup-Chandler Farm, and Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
An unnamed Black settlement existed in Guilford Township beginning in the 19th century. Several black families lived in the area between Plainfield and Mooresville and established a non-denominational church along White Lick Creek, as well as a colored school before 1870.[6]
Guilford Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.37 percent is water. The streams of Black Creek, Clarks Creek, Guilford Branch, Hendricks Creek, Leg Creek, Middle Creek, Moore Creek, Penns Run, Rail Run, Rock Creek, Rogers Creek and West Fork Hendricks Creek run through this township.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains three active cemeteries: Maple Hill, Sugar Grove and Fairfield Friends. There are four historical cemeteries in the township that have been moved or are no longer in use: the Indiana Boys' School, Lick Branch, Ramsey Family, and White Lick Friends.[7]
Guilford Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library in Plainfield.[8]