Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Mound Township
Settlement Type:Township
Image Map1:Map of USA IN.svg
Map Caption1:Location of Indiana in the United States
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Warren
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:16.79
Area Land Sq Mi:16.57
Area Water Sq Mi:0.22
Area Water Percent:1.31
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:407
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:195
Elevation Ft:640
Coordinates:40.1478°N -87.47°W
Area Code:765
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:453656

Mound Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 407 and it contained 199 housing units.[2]

History

Mound Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.69%) is land and (or 1.31%) is water.[4] The town of Foster is located just north of U.S. Route 136, about east of the township's southwestern border. Extinct communities in the township include Baltimore, which thrived on the banks of the Wabash River in the early 19th century, and Romine Corner. The streams of Kitchen Creek and Possum Run run through the township.

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Baltimore, Rodgers and Upper Mound.

Transportation

U.S. Route 136 runs across the south part of the township, connecting Danville, Illinois to the west with Covington to the east.[5] Indiana State Road 63 runs from north to south in the eastern part of the township;[6] its child route of Indiana State Road 263 joins State Road 63 just north of the intersection with U.S. Route 136.[7] The 6-1NaN-1 Vermilion Valley Railroad serves the Flex-N-Gate factory near Covington and runs west from the plant through the town of Foster to meet a CSX line in Danville.[8] [9]

Education

Mound Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[10]

Government

Mound Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides relief to the poor, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.[11]

Mound Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[12] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[13]

References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2017-05-09. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  2. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-14 . data.census.gov.
  3. Warren County Historical Society 1966, p. 56.
  4. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County  - County Subdivision and Place  - 2010 Census Summary File 1 . dead . https://archive.today/20200212202842/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18171 . 2020-02-12 . 2013-05-10 . United States Census.
  5. Web site: U.S. Route 136 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165623/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2136&section=1 . 2011-07-11.
  6. Web site: State Road 63 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309073005/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1063&section=1 . 2012-03-09.
  7. Web site: State Road 263 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120406013522/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1263&section=1 . 2012-04-06.
  8. Web site: State of Indiana 2012 Rail System Map . Indiana Department of Transportation . 2011 . 2011-06-19.
  9. Web site: Employer Status Determination: Vermilion Valley Railroad Company, Inc. . . 2003-06-30 . 2010-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100610024449/http://www.rrb.gov//blaw/bcd/bcd03-61.htm . 2010-06-10 . dead .
  10. Web site: Corporation Snapshot, M S D Warren County #8115 . Indiana Department of Education . 2011-01-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20020706030312/http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115 . 2002-07-06.
  11. Web site: Government . United Township Association of Indiana . 2011-01-06.
  12. Web site: Indiana Senate . State of Indiana . 2013-12-02.
  13. Web site: Indiana House Districts . State of Indiana . 2013-12-02.

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