| Smyrna Township | |
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| — Township — | |
| Location in Jefferson County | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Jefferson |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.94 sq mi (67.18 km2) |
| • Land | 25.92 sq mi (67.13 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 0.07% |
| Elevation | 761 ft (232 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,065 |
| • Density | 41.1/sq mi (15.9/km2) |
| GNIS feature ID | 0453855 |
Smyrna Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,065.[1]
Created on June 16, 1847 by the Jefferson County Commissioners, Smyrna was the last of Jefferson County's 10 townships to be formed. It is largely rural with only small unincorporated areas as population centers.
No post offices operate in the township.
The following post offices once operated in the township: Creswell (May 29, 1856-Nov. 30, 1892) and (June 6, 1893-Sept. 13, 1902); Volga (May 29, 1856-July 14, 1904); Wakefield (July 8, 1899-Feb. 15, 1905). 6.
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Smyrna Township covers an area of 25.94 square miles (67.2 km2); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) or 0.07 percent is water. The streams of Goose Creek, Harberts Creek and Hensley Creek run through this township.
The township contains the following cemeteries: Brown (Sauer farm) Ford, Hopewell, Kinnear, Lawler (1) and Lawler (2), Lowe, McKay-Stites, Neavill, Shiloh, and Smyrna Presbyterian.
Baker, J. David, The Postal History of Indiana, 1976, Philatelic Bibliophile, P.O. Box 213971, Louisville, Ky. 1976.
Gresham, John M. & Co., 1889. Biographical & Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington.
John Paul Chapter DAR. Jefferson County Cemetery Transcriptions, 1941
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