| Official Name: | Richland Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Madison |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Leader Title: | Trustee |
| Leader Name: | Doug Stein |
| Leader Title1: | Fire Chief |
| Leader Name1: | Joshua Hendrick |
| Leader Title7: | County Sheriff |
| Leader Name7: | Scott Melinger |
| Leader Title2: | Indiana State Representative |
| Leader Name2: | Melanie Wright (D) |
| Leader Title3: | Indiana State Senator |
| Leader Name3: | Mike Gaskill (R) |
| Leader Title4: | US Congressional Representative |
| Leader Name4: | Victoria Spartz (R) |
| Leader Title5: | US Senators |
| Leader Name5: | Mike Braun (R) & Todd Young (R) |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 27.91 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 27.7 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.2 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.72 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5076 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 172.4 |
| Elevation M: | 271 |
| Elevation Ft: | 889 |
| Coordinates: | 40.1753°N -85.6228°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 46001, 46012 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0453796 |
Richland Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 4,775 and it contained 2,109 housing units.[2]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.25%) is land and (or 0.72%) is water.[2]
Richland was organized in 1834. It was named from their productive farmland.[3]
The Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department is located on County Road 500 N, just east of Alexandria Pike on the west-central side of the township. The fire department provides fire suppression, rescue, and basic life support services to all of Richland Township and mutual aid services to surrounding areas. The fire department is staffed by approximately 35 volunteer members who are trained in fire suppression, emergency medical services, and rescue. The fire department has seven pieces of apparatus: one fire engine (Engine 48), two 3,000-gallon tankers (Engine/Tanker 40 & Tanker 44), one Medium Rescue (Rescue 49), one Grass truck (Grass 47) and two transporting BLS ambulances (Ambulances 45 and 46). Richland is also the home of the Madison County Hazardous Materials Decontamination Team (Decon 40), which has a fully equipped decon trailer, including a mass decontamination tent. The fire department responds to approximately 400-450 calls for service per year.
The Richland Township Fire Department was established in 1970.
The fire department is dispatched from the Madison County Central Dispatch located in Anderson. The department is addressed on the radio as "Station 40".
The Richland Township Volunteer has had one line-of-duty death, in the 1980s; Donald Lindzy.
The township contains these six cemeteries: Funk, Heagy, Holson, Moonville, Nelson, and Wesley Chapel.
Running SW through the township, enters Richland Township near County Road 500 E and County Road 700 N and exits the township near County Road 240 North and Scatterfield Road, just before emptying into the White River.
Running SSW through the township, enters Richland Township near County Road 800 N and County Road 200 E and empties into the Killbuck Creek near County Road 240 N and Scatterfield Road.
Located just north of County Road 500 N and just east of Alexandria Pike; situated along Little Killbuck Creek.