Steuben Township, Warren County, Indiana
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| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Warren |
| Area | |
| - Total | 39.6 sq mi (102.57 km²) |
| - Land | 39.58 sq mi (102.5 km²) |
| - Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.07 km²) 0.07% |
| Elevation | 689 ft (210 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 427 |
| - Density | 10.8/sq mi (4.2/km²) |
| GNIS feature ID | 0453875 |
Steuben Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, USA. It was created in March 1834 from a section of Pine Township ("all of Pine Township south and west of Redwood Creek") and was the seventh township to be formed. The township was named in honor of Baron Von Steuben, a Prussian soldier who fought for the Americans in the Revolutionary War. As of the 2000 census, its population was 427.
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[edit] Geography
Steuben Township covers an area of 39.6 square miles (102.57 square kilometers); of this, 0.03 square miles (0.07 square kilometers) or 0.07 percent is water. The streams of Chesapeake Creek, Mud Run and Possum Run pass through this township.
Most of its area is given over to agriculture. In the southeast there is approximately one mile of frontage on the Wabash River. The north and west portions are mostly open prairie and excellent farmland, whereas the south and east portions are more hilly and wooded.
Steuben Township contains the towns of Johnsonville and Marshfield. The town of Chesapeake no longer exists, but was the first town in Steuben Township, about two miles southeast of present-day Marshfield; the first meetings of the township trustees were held there in the 1830s. Sloan, a small community that once existed on the township's northern border, is also extinct.
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[edit] Extinct towns
[edit] Adjacent townships
- Jordan Township (north)
- Pike Township (east)
- Troy Township, Fountain County (southeast)
- Kent Township (south)
- Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (southwest)
- South Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (northwest)
[edit] Cemeteries
There have been at least 15 cemeteries and burial sites in Steuben Township. Some still exist, but many have been destroyed by nature or by people (in many cases having been farmed over). These include Tillotson Cemetery (destroyed), Cronkhite Cemetery (destroyed), Jordan Cemetery (destroyed), Sisson Cemetery, Tomlinson Cemetery, High Cemetery (destroyed), Redwood Point, Payne Cemetery, Lyons Cemetery, and the Irish Catholic Cemetery.
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[edit] References
- Warren County Historical Society (1966), A History of Warren County, Indiana.
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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