Barkley Township, Jasper County, Indiana

Barkley Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jasper County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jasper
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	59.9 sq mi (155.15 km2)
• Land	59.89 sq mi (155.12 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)  0.03%
Elevation	689 ft (210 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	836
• Density	14/sq mi (5.4/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453095

Barkley Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 836^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Unincorporated towns 1.2 Extinct towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Cemeteries 1.5 Major highways 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Barkley Township covers an area of 59.9 square miles (155 km²); of this, 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) or 0.03 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Gifford
• Newland

Extinct towns

• Lewiston
• Moody

Adjacent townships

• Walker Township (north)
• Gillam Township (east)
• Hanging Grove Township (southeast)
• Marion Township (southwest)
• Union Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains nine cemeteries: Brown, Dunkard, Hankle, Parkison, Prater, Price, Rees, Sandridge and Smith.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 14
• Indiana State Road 49

References

• "Barkley Township, Jasper County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453095. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

Municipalities and communities of Jasper County, Indiana, USA County seat: Rensselaer City Rensselaer Towns DeMotte Remington Wheatfield Townships Barkley Carpenter Gillam Hanging Grove Jordan Kankakee Keener Marion Milroy Newton Union Walker Wheatfield Communities Aix Asphaltum Baileys Corner Collegeville Deer Park Dunns Bridge Egypt Fair Oaks Forest City Fountain Park Gifford Kersey Kniman McCoysburg Newland Parr Pleasant Ridge Roselawn‡ Stoutsburg Surrey Tefft Virgie Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties