Laurel Township, Franklin County, Indiana

Laurel Township
—  Township  —
Location of Laurel Township in Franklin County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Franklin
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	31.74 sq mi (82.2 km2)
• Land	31.72 sq mi (82.15 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)
Elevation[1]	709 ft (216 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,650
• Density	52.02/sq mi (20.09/km2)
FIPS code	18-42390[2]
GNIS feature ID	453544

Laurel Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,650.

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

Laurel Township covers an area of 31.74 square miles (82.2 km²); 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (0.06 percent) of this is water. Triple Lakes is in this township.

Cities and towns

• Laurel

Unincorporated towns

• Midway

Adjacent townships

• Columbia Township, Fayette County (north)
• Jackson Township, Fayette County (northeast)
• Blooming Grove Township (east)
• Metamora Township (southeast)
• Salt Creek Township (southwest)
• Posey Township (west)
• Orange Township, Fayette County (northwest)

Major highways

• U.S. Route 52
• Indiana State Road 121

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Gobel, Jenks and North.

References

• "Laurel Township, Franklin County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453544. 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 Franklin County, Indiana, USA County seat: Brookville City Batesville‡ Towns Brookville Cedar Grove Laurel Mount Carmel Oldenburg Townships Bath Blooming Grove Brookville Butler Fairfield Highland Laurel Metamora Posey Ray Salt Creek Springfield Whitewater Unincorporated communities Andersonville Bath Blooming Grove Buena Vista Drewersburg Enochsburg Hamburg Highland Center Klemmes Corner Lake View Metamora Midway Mixersville Mound Haven New Fairfield New Trenton Oak Forest Oak Tree Crossroads Old Bath Palestine Peoria Peppertown Raymond Rockdale Saint Peter Scipio Sharptown South Gate Stavetown Whitcomb Youngs Corner Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties