Grant Township, DeKalb County, Indiana

Grant Township
—  Township  —
Location of Grant Township in DeKalb County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	DeKalb
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	17.47 sq mi (45.24 km2)
• Land	17.45 sq mi (45.19 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation[1]	892 ft (272 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	3,087
• Density	176.93/sq mi (68.31/km2)
FIPS code	18-28836[2]
GNIS feature ID	453335

Grant Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,087.

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

Geography

Grant Township covers an area of 17.47 square miles (45.2 km²); 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (0.11 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

• Auburn (north edge)
• Waterloo (vast majority)

Adjacent townships

• Smithfield Township (north)
• Franklin Township (northeast)
• Wilmington Township (east)
• Union Township (south)
• Richland Township (west)
• Fairfield Township (northwest)

Major highways

• Interstate 69
• U.S. Route 6
• Indiana State Road 427

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Lutz, Ridge and Tamarack.

References

• "Grant Township, DeKalb County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453335. 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. 

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

Municipalities and communities of DeKalb County, Indiana, USA County seat: Auburn Cities Auburn Butler Garrett Towns Altona Ashley‡ Corunna Hamilton‡ Saint Joe Waterloo Townships Butler Concord Fairfield Franklin Grant Jackson Keyser Newville Richland Smithfield Spencer Stafford Troy Union Wilmington Unincorporated communities Artic Auburn Junction Butler Center Cedar Concord Fairfield Center Hopewell Moore New Era Newville Orangeville Saint Johns Sedan Spencerville Stafford Center Summit Taylor Corner Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties