| Adams Township | |
|---|---|
| — Township — | |
| Location of Adams Township in Warren County | |
| Location of Warren County in Indiana | |
| Coordinates: | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Warren |
| Named for | John Quincy Adams |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.0 sq mi (70.0 km2) |
| • Land | 27.0 sq mi (70.0 km2) |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 561 |
| • Density | 20.8/sq mi (8.0/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| GNIS feature ID | 0453082 |
Adams Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 561.[1]
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Adams Township was formed in 1848 and was named after the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams.[2]
Adams Township covers an area of about 27 square miles (70 km2). Its only town is Pine Village in the northwest part of the township, though a tiny hamlet named Chatterton stood southeast of Pine Village in the early part of the 20th century.[3]
Big Pine Creek enters the township from Benton County to the north and passes just to the northwest of Pine Village and continues southwest, emptying into the Wabash River near Attica.[4]
The township contains three cemeteries. Mound (or Round) Cemetery is about 4 miles southeast of Pine Village and is in the form of a mound about 30 feet (9.1 m) high; county roads 700 N and 600 E intersect here and form a circle around the mound.[5] Harman Cemetery is less than a mile further to the southeast.[6] Quaker Cemetery is southwest of Chatterton.[7][8]
Two highways, Indiana State Road 26 and Indiana State Road 55, intersect in Pine Village; State Road 26 begins at the Illinois border and continues east to Lafayette in Tippecanoe County,[9] while State Road 55 enters from Attica to the south and continues north to Oxford in neighboring Benton County.[10]
Adams Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County. It contains one of the three elementary schools in the county, located in Pine Village.[11]
Adams Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.[12]
Adams Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 26,[13] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[14]
| Oak Grove Township, Benton County | Bolivar Township, Benton County | |||
| Pine Township | Medina Township | |||
| Adams Township | ||||
| Liberty Township | Warren Township |
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