Lancaster Township, Huntington County, Indiana

Lancaster Township
—  Township  —
Location in Huntington County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Huntington
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.91 sq mi (93.01 km2)
• Land	35.38 sq mi (91.64 km2)
• Water	0.53 sq mi (1.37 km2)  1.47%
Elevation	801 ft (244 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,225
• Density	34.6/sq mi (13.4/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453538

Lancaster Township is one of twelve townships in Huntington County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,225.^[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

Lancaster Township covers an area of 35.91 square miles (93.0 km²); of this, 0.53 square miles (1.4 km²) or 1.47 percent is water.

Cities and towns

• Mount Etna (northeast half)

Unincorporated towns

• Harlansburg
• Lancaster
• Majenica

Extinct towns

• River

Adjacent townships

• Huntington Township (north)
• Union Township (northeast)
• Rock Creek Township (east)
• Salamonie Township (southeast)
• Jefferson Township (south)
• Wayne Township (southwest)
• Polk Township (west)
• Dallas Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: German Settlement, Loon Creek and Rees.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 5
• Indiana State Road 37
• Indiana State Road 124

References

• "Lancaster Township, Huntington County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453538. 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 Huntington County, Indiana, USA County seat: Huntington City Huntington Towns Andrews Markle‡ Mount Etna Roanoke Warren Townships Clear Creek Dallas Huntington Jackson Jefferson Lancaster Polk Rock Creek Salamonie Union Warren Wayne Unincorporated communities Banquo Bippus Bowerstown Bracken Buckeye Goblesville Harlansburg Lancaster Mahon Majenica Makin Mardenis Milo Pleasant Plain Plum Tree Roanoke Station Simpson Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties