Brown Township, Hendricks County, Indiana

Brown Township
—  Township  —
Location in Hendricks County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Hendricks
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	25.35 sq mi (65.65 km2)
• Land	25.32 sq mi (65.58 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)  0.12%
Elevation	909 ft (277 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	11,593
• Density	457.9/sq mi (176.8/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453138

Brown Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,593^[1].

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Airports and landing strips 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Brown Township covers an area of 25.35 square miles (65.7 km²); of this, 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) or 0.12 percent is water. The stream of Pump Run runs through this township.

Cities and towns

• Brownsburg (north quarter)

Adjacent townships

• Eagle Township, Boone County (northeast)
• Pike Township, Marion County (east)
• Lincoln Township (south)
• Middle Township (west)
• Perry Township, Boone County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Ballard, Bethesda, Evans, Johnson, Macedonia, Marvel, Smith-Shepherd and Sparks.

Major highways

• Interstate 65
• Interstate 74
• Indiana State Road 267

Airports and landing strips

• Fuller Field

References

• "Brown Township, Hendricks County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453138. 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 Hendricks County, Indiana, USA County seat: Danville Towns Amo Avon Brownsburg Clayton Coatesville Danville Jamestown‡ Lizton North Salem Pittsboro Plainfield Stilesville Townships Brown Center Clay Eel River Franklin Guilford Liberty Lincoln Marion Middle Union Washington Unincorporated communities Belleville Cartersburg Center Valley Clermont Heights Friendswood Gale Hadley Hazelwood Joppa Lakeside Maplewood Montclair New Winchester Northwest Manor Pecksburg Raintown Reno Six Points Springtown Summit Tilden Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties