Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County, Indiana

Mount Pleasant Township
—  Township  —
Location of Mount Pleasant Township in Delaware County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Delaware
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	33.95 sq mi (87.92 km2)
• Land	33.77 sq mi (87.47 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2)
Elevation[1]	912 ft (278 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	12,591
• Density	372.81/sq mi (143.94/km2)
FIPS code	18-51552[2]
GNIS feature ID	453657

Mount Pleasant Township is one of twelve townships in Delaware County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 12,591. The school system is Mount Pleasant Township Community Schools in Yorktown, Indiana.

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

Mount Pleasant Township covers an area of 33.95 square miles (87.9 km²); 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²) (0.5 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

• Muncie (west edge)
• Yorktown

Unincorporated towns

• Cammack
• Reed Station
• West Muncie

Adjacent townships

• Harrison Township (north)
• Center Township (east)
• Monroe Township (southeast)
• Salem Township (south)
• Richland Township, Madison County (west)
• Monroe Township, Madison County (northwest)

Major highways

• Interstate 69
• Indiana State Road 32
• Indiana State Road 332

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Hawk, Jones and McKinley.

References

• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

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 Delaware County, Indiana, USA County seat: Muncie City Muncie Towns Albany‡ Chesterfield‡ Daleville Eaton Gaston Selma Yorktown Townships Center Delaware Hamilton Harrison Liberty Monroe Mount Pleasant Niles Perry Salem Union Washington Unincorporated communities Anthony Aultshire Bethel Cammack Cowan Cross Roads DeSoto Drew Gates Corner Granville Hyde Park Janney Liberty Corners Mayfield Middletown Park Morningside Mount Pleasant New Burlington Oakville Progress Reed Station Royerton Shideler Smithfield Stockport West Muncie Wheeling Woodland Park Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties