Hanover Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

Hanover Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jefferson County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jefferson
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	18.95 sq mi (49.09 km2)
• Land	18.74 sq mi (48.52 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.56 km2)  1.14%
Elevation	804 ft (245 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	5,409
• Density	288.6/sq mi (111.5/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453370

Hanover Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 5,409.^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Extinct towns 1.4 Adjacent townships 1.5 Cemeteries 1.6 Major highways 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Hanover Township covers an area of 18.95 square miles (49.1 km²); of this, 0.22 square miles (0.57 km²) or 1.14 percent is water. The streams of Chain Mill Creek and Happy Valley Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Hanover

Unincorporated towns

• Hanover Beach

Extinct towns

• Antioch Grange

Adjacent townships

• Madison Township (northeast)
• Saluda Township (south)
• Republican Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Carmel, Greenbriar, Hanover and Old Bethel.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 56
• Indiana State Road 62
• Indiana State Road 256
• Indiana State Road 356

References

• "Hanover Township, Jefferson County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453370. 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 Jefferson County, Indiana, USA County seat: Madison City Madison Towns Brooksburg Dupont Hanover Townships Graham Hanover Lancaster Madison Milton Monroe Republican Saluda Shelby Smyrna Unincorporated communities Barbersville Belleview Bryantsburg Canaan Chelsea China Deputy Five Points Hanover Beach Kent Lancaster Manville Middlefork Midway Neavill Grove Paynesville Ringwald Saluda Smyrna Swanville Volga Wakefield Wirt