Spencer Township, DeKalb County, Indiana

Spencer Township
—  Township  —
West portal of the Spencerville, Indiana covered bridge.
Location of Spencer Township in DeKalb County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	DeKalb
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	18.01 sq mi (46.65 km2)
• Land	17.96 sq mi (46.52 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation[1]	797 ft (243 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,057
• Density	58.85/sq mi (22.72/km2)
FIPS code	18-71918[2]
GNIS feature ID	453859

Spencer Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,057.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Unincorporated towns 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Major highways 1.4 Cemeteries 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Spencer Township covers an area of 18.01 square miles (46.6 km²); 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) (0.28 percent) of this is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Spencerville

Adjacent townships

• Concord Township (north)
• Newville Township (east)
• Scipio Township, Allen County (southeast)
• Springfield Township, Allen County (south)
• Cedar Creek Township, Allen County (southwest)
• Jackson Township (west)

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 1
• Indiana State Road 101

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Riverside and White City.

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 DeKalb County, Indiana, USA County seat: Auburn Cities Auburn Butler Garrett Towns Altona Ashley‡ Corunna Hamilton‡ Saint Joe Waterloo Townships Butler Concord Fairfield Franklin Grant Jackson Keyser Newville Richland Smithfield Spencer Stafford Troy Union Wilmington Unincorporated communities Artic Auburn Junction Butler Center Cedar Concord Fairfield Center Hopewell Moore New Era Newville Orangeville Saint Johns Sedan Spencerville Stafford Center Summit Taylor Corner Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties