Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana

Franklin Township
—  Township  —
Location in Henry County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Henry
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	28.61 sq mi (74.1 km2)
• Land	28.58 sq mi (74.02 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)  0.11%
Elevation	1,060 ft (323 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,177
• Density	41.2/sq mi (15.9/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453305

Franklin Township is one of thirteen townships in Henry County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,177.^[1]

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

Geography

Franklin Township covers an area of 28.61 square miles (74.1 km²); of this, 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) or 0.11 percent is water. The stream of Applebutter Creek runs through this township.

Cities and towns

• Lewisville

Adjacent townships

• Henry Township (north)
• Liberty Township (northeast)
• Dudley Township (east)
• Washington Township, Rush County (south)
• Center Township, Rush County (southwest)
• Spiceland Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Ebenezer.

Major highways

• Interstate 70
• U.S. Route 40
• Indiana State Road 3
• Indiana State Road 103

References

• "Franklin Township, Henry County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453305. 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 Henry County, Indiana, USA County seat: New Castle City New Castle Towns Blountsville Cadiz Dunreith Greensboro Kennard Knightstown Lewisville Middletown Mooreland Mount Summit Shirley‡ Spiceland Springport Straughn Sulphur Springs Townships Blue River Dudley Fall Creek Franklin Greensboro Harrison Henry Jefferson Liberty Prairie Spiceland Stoney Creek Wayne Unincorporated communities Ashland Corwin Foley Grant City Hillsboro Honey Creek Knox Luray Maple Valley Mechanicsburg Messick Millville Mount Lawn New Lisbon Ogden Stone Quarry Mills Raysville Rogersville Van Nuys Westwood Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties