Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana

Hickory Grove Township
—  Township  —
Location of Hickory Grove Township in Benton County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	March 1876
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	28.78 sq mi (74.54 km2)
• Land	28.78 sq mi (74.54 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation[1]	745 ft (227 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	404
• Density	14.04/sq mi (5.42/km2)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	18-33358[2]
GNIS feature ID	453410

Hickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 404. It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove that grew within its borders in the 19th century.^[3]

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

Geography

Hickory Grove Township covers an area of 28.78 square miles (74.5 km²).

Cities and towns

• Ambia

Unincorporated towns

• Dunn
• Handy
• Talbot

Adjacent townships

• Grant (east)
• Parish Grove (north)
• Prairie Township, Warren County (south)

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 71
• Indiana State Road 352

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Totheroh.

References

• "Hickory Grove 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:453410. 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.. p. 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