Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana

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Richland Township
Location of Richland Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°41′18″N 87°22′37″W / 40.68833, -87.37694
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	December 1868
Area
- Total	35.97 sq mi (93.15 km²)
- Land	35.94 sq mi (93.09 km²)
- Water	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km²)
Elevation [1]	781 ft (238 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	709
- Density	19.73/sq mi (7.62/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	18-63990[2]
GNIS feature ID	453789

Richland Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 709. Its name is a "reference to the rich land within its borders."^[3]

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

[edit] Geography

Richland Township covers an area of 35.97 square miles; 0.03 square miles (0.08 percent) of this is water.

[edit] Cities and towns

• Earl Park

[edit] Adjacent townships

• Center (southeast)
• Parish Grove (southwest)
• Union (east)
• York (west)
• Grant Township, Newton County (northeast)
• Jefferson Township, Newton County (northwest)

[edit] Major highways

• U.S. Route 41
• U.S. Route 52

[edit] Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Dehner, Earl Park and Saint John.

[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

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