Pine Township, Benton County, Indiana

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Coordinates: 40°35′56″N 87°09′03″W / 40.59889, -87.15083
Pine Township
Location of Pine Township in Benton County
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	July 1840
Area
- Total	35.68 sq mi (92.4 km²)
- Land	35.68 sq mi (92.4 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	735 ft (224 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	281
- Density	7.88/sq mi (3.04/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	18-59886^[2]
GNIS feature ID	453738

Pine Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 281. Pine Township was one of the original three created by county commissioners in July 1840, and is named for Big Pine Creek which flows south through the township.^[3]

1 Geography
- 1.1 Adjacent townships
- 1.2 Major highways
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Geography

Pine Township covers an area of 35.68 square miles.

[edit] Adjacent townships

Bolivar (south)
Center (west)
Gilboa (north)
Oak Grove (southwest)
Union (northwest)
Round Grove Township, White County (east)
Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County (southeast)
West Point Township, White County (northeast)

[edit] Major highways

Indiana State Road 18

[edit] References

^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ 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