Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

Lancaster Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jefferson County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jefferson
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	32.24 sq mi (83.49 km2)
• Land	32.18 sq mi (83.35 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)  0.17%
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,608
• Density	50/sq mi (19.3/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453539

Lancaster Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,608.^[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 32.24 square miles (83.5 km²); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) or 0.17 percent is water. The streams of Middle Fork Creek and Turkey Branch run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Dupont

Unincorporated towns

• Lancaster
• Middlefork

Extinct towns

• Five Points

Adjacent townships

• Bigger Township, Jennings County (north)
• Monroe Township (east)
• Madison Township (southeast)
• Smyrna Township (south)
• Graham Township (southwest)
• Lovett Township, Jennings County (west)
• Montgomery Township, Jennings County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Bland, Clashman, College Hill, Nelson and Ogden.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 7
• Indiana State Road 250

References

• "Lancaster 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:0453539. 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