Richland Township, Whitley County, Indiana

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Richland Township
Location in Whitley County
Coordinates: 41°09′25″N 85°36′55″W / 41.15694, -85.61528
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Whitley
Area
- Total	37.17 sq mi (96.26 km²)
- Land	37.02 sq mi (95.88 km²)
- Water	0.15 sq mi (0.39 km²)  0.41%
Elevation	886 ft (270 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,732
- Density	46.8/sq mi (18.1/km²)
GNIS feature ID	0453801

Richland Township is one of nine townships in Whitley County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,732^[1].

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

[edit] Geography

Richland Township covers an area of 37.17 square miles (96.26 square kilometers); of this, 0.15 square miles (0.39 square kilometers) or 0.41 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Black Lake, Compton Lake, Ice House Lake, Larwill Lake, Little Wilson Lake, Menzie Lake, Souder Lake and Wilson Lake. The streams of Betzner Branch, Ford Branch, Jones Branch, Kaler Branch and King Branch run through this township.

[edit] Cities and towns

• Larwill

[edit] Adjacent townships

• Etna-Troy Township (north)
• Thorncreek Township (northeast)
• Columbia Township (east)
• Cleveland Township (south)
• Jackson Township, Kosciusko County (southwest)
• Monroe Township, Kosciusko County (west)
• Washington Township, Kosciusko County (northwest)

[edit] Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Lakeview and Richland Center.

[edit] Major highways

• U.S. Route 30
• Indiana State Road 5

[edit] References

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

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

[edit] External links

• Indiana Township Association page for Whitley County

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Whitley County, Indiana County seat: Columbia City Cities and towns Churubusco | Columbia City | Larwill | South Whitley Townships Cleveland | Columbia | Etna-Troy | Jefferson | Richland | Smith | Thorncreek | Union | Washington Unincorporated communities Blue Lake | Briggs | Coesse | Coesse Corners | Collamer | Collins | Cresco | Dunfee | Etna | Five Points | Laud | Lorane | Luther | Ormas | Peabody | Raber | Tri-Lakes | Tunker | Washington Center