Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Pine 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
Established Title:Established
Established Date:March 1830
Area Total Sq Mi:36.16
Area Land Sq Mi:36.15
Area Water Sq Mi:0.01
Area Water Percent:0.03
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:499
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Timezone:Eastern (EST)
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:207
Elevation Ft:679
Coordinates:40.4278°N -87.32°W
Area Code:765
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:453740

Pine Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 499 and it contained 223 housing units.[2]

History

Pine Township was established in March 1830. There were originally four townships in the county; Pine and Washington were the first two new townships to be created.[3]

Van Reed Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.97%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.[5] Its only town is Rainsville, though a tiny hamlet named Brisco once existed to its west. Other extinct towns include Hooker Corner, Point Pleasant and Rocky Ford. The streams of Mud Pine Creek, Spring Branch and Stoney Creek run through this township.

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Brisco, Gray, Hooker, Jones, Rainsville and Van Reed.

Transportation

U.S. Route 41 runs from north to south in the far western part of the township on its way to Attica.[6] Indiana State Road 26 winds its way across the north part of the township on its route from the Illinois state line to Pine Village.[7]

Education

Pine Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[8]

Government

Pine 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.[9]

Pine Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[10] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[11]

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. 81.
  4. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Listings. 2015-09-25. Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/14/15 through 9/18/15. National Park Service.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: U.S. Route 41 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207170849/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2041&section=1 . 2010-12-07.
  7. Web site: State Road 26 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111007192417/http://highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1026&section=1 . 2011-10-07.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: Government . United Township Association of Indiana . 2011-01-06.
  10. Web site: Indiana Senate . State of Indiana . 2013-12-02.
  11. Web site: Indiana House Districts . State of Indiana . 2013-12-02.

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