Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana

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Grant Township
Location of Grant Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°31′12″N 87°22′41″W / 40.52, -87.37806
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	December 1868
Named for	Ulysses Grant
Area
- Total	35.9 sq mi (92.98 km²)
- Land	35.89 sq mi (92.96 km²)
- Water	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Elevation [1]	751 ft (229 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,142
- Density	31.82/sq mi (12.28/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	18-28818[2]
GNIS feature ID	453334

Grant Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,142. It was organized in December 1868 and was named for Ulysses Grant.^[3]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Cemeteries 2 References 3 External links

[edit] Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 35.9 square miles; 0.01 square miles (0.03 percent) of this is water.

[edit] Cities and towns

• Boswell

[edit] Unincorporated towns

• Chase

[edit] Adjacent townships

• Center (northeast)
• Hickory Grove (west)
• Oak Grove (east)
• Parish Grove (northwest)
• Pine Township, Warren County (southeast)
• Prairie Township, Warren County (southwest)

[edit] Major highways

• U.S. Route 41
• Indiana State Road 352

[edit] Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Boswell, Perigo and Smith.

[edit] References

• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

1. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
2. ^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
3. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington [1928] (1942). History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc., p. 21. 

[edit] External links

• Indiana Township Association page for Benton County

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana County seat: Fowler Cities and towns Ambia | Boswell | Earl Park | Fowler | Otterbein | Oxford Townships Bolivar | Center | Gilboa | Grant | Hickory Grove | Oak Grove | Parish Grove | Pine | Richland | Union | York Unincorporated communities Atkinson | Barce | Chase | Dunn | Dunnington | Free | Freeland Park | Handy | Lochiel | Raub | Swanington | Talbot | Templeton | Wadena