| 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]
Mound Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.[3]
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.
The township contains these three cemeteries: Baltimore, Rodgers and Upper Mound.
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]
Mound Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[10]
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]