Center Township, Benton County, Indiana

Center Township
—  Township  —
Location of Center Township in Benton County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	June 1875
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	53.87 sq mi (139.53 km2)
• Land	53.87 sq mi (139.52 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation[1]	801 ft (244 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,854
• Density	52.98/sq mi (20.46/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	18-11224[2]
GNIS feature ID	453172

Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,854. It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.^[3]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Education 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Center Township covers an area of 53.87 square miles (139.5 km²); 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (0.02 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

• Fowler (the county seat)

Unincorporated towns

• Atkinson
• Barce
• Gravel Hill
• Swanington

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Bolivar (southeast)
• Gilboa (northeast)
• Grant (southwest)
• Oak Grove (south)
• Parish Grove (west)
• Pine (east)
• Richland (northwest)
• Union (north)

Major highways

• U.S. Route 41
• U.S. Route 52
• Indiana State Road 18
• Indiana State Road 55

Education

• Benton Community School Corporation

References

• "Center Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453172. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc.. pp. 21. 

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana, USA County seat: Fowler Towns Ambia Boswell Earl Park Fowler Otterbein‡ Oxford Townships Bolivar Center Gilboa Grant Hickory Grove Oak Grove Parish Grove Pine Richland Union York Unincorporated communities Atkinson Barce Chase Dunn Dunnington Free Freeland Park Handy Lochiel Raub Swanington Talbot Templeton Wadena Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties