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Union Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Union Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,197 and it contained 1,779 housing units, more than 90% of which live either within or in areas adjacent to the town of Fort Branch. Fort Branch is the township seat. Nearly all of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Complex is located within Union Township. Union Township was established in 1890. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.76%) is land and (or 0.24%) is water. Cities and towns * Fort Branch Unincorporated towns * Durham (extinct) * Fort Gibson (extinct) * Snake Run Adjacent townships * Patoka Township (north) * Center Township (northeast) * Barton Township (east) * Johnson Township (south) * Montgomery Township (west) Cemeteries The township contains three cemeteries: Durham, Mount Mariah and Walnut Hill. Major highways * Interstate 69; Traverses the southeastern corner of the township * U.S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Township (United States)
A township in some states of the United States is a small geographic area. The term is used in three ways. #A survey township is simply a geographic reference used to define property location for deeds and grants as surveyed and platted by the General Land Office (GLO). A survey township is nominally six by six miles square, or 23,040 acres. #A civil township is a unit of local government, generally a civil division of a County (United States), county. Counties are the primary divisional entities in many U.S. states, states, thus the powers and organization of townships varies from state to state. Civil townships are generally given a name, sometimes written with the included abbreviation "Twp". #A charter township, found only in the state of Michigan, is similar to a civil township. Provided certain conditions are met, a charter township is mostly exempt from annexation to contiguous cities or villages, and carries additional rights and responsibilities of home rule. Survey towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snake Run, Gibson County, Indiana
Snake Run is an unincorporated community stretched along Indiana 168 nearly halfway between Fort Branch and Mackey in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. It is in both Barton and Union Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ... Townships. It is named after the creek which runs through the central part of the community. Saint Bernards Catholic Church is the heart of the area. Unincorporated communities in Gibson County, Indiana Unincorporated communities in Indiana {{GibsonCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincennes University
Vincennes University (VU) is a public college with its main campus in Vincennes, Indiana. Founded in 1801 as Jefferson Academy, VU is the oldest public institution of higher learning in Indiana. VU was chartered in 1806 as the Indiana Territory's four-year university and remained the state of Indiana's sole publicly funded four-year university until the establishment of Indiana University in 1820. In 1889, VU was chartered by the State of Indiana as a two-year university. From 1999 to 2005, Vincennes University was in a state-mandated partnership with what became the Ivy Tech Community College. In 2005, VU began offering baccalaureate degrees. VU's campus in Vincennes is a residential campus nestled along the banks of the Wabash River. Other VU sites include a campus in Jasper, Indiana, the Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics in Fort Branch, Indiana, along with centers for Aviation, Logistics, Advanced Manufacturing, and American Sign Language, in the Indianapol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gibson Southern High School
Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located in Fort Branch, Indiana. Academics Gibson Southern High School received the Indiana Four Star School Award for seven consecutive years. Athletics In 1974, Gibson Southern was originally a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC). In 1980, the school left the PAC to form the Big 8 Conference with 7 former Southern Indiana Athletic Conference schools, some of which were also once members of the PAC. In 1994, Gibson Southern left the Big 8 to rejoin the PAC. In 2020 the Pocket Athletic Conference expanded with Boonville, Mount Vernon, Princeton and Washington joining Forest Park, Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, North Posey, Pike Central, Southridge, South Spencer, Tecumseh, and Tell City to make it a 13-team conference. The school won state championships in softball in 2003, 2005 and 2015. In 2021, the football team won their first state championship in school history. See also * List of high schools in Indiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
State Road 168 (Indiana)
State Road 168 is a east–west two-lane highway that exists entirely within Gibson County, Indiana, Gibson County in the far southwestern portion of the state, spanning Barton Township, Gibson County, Indiana, Barton, Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana, Montgomery, and Union Township, Gibson County, Indiana, Union townships. Route description State Road 168 runs from Indiana State Road 65, State Road 65 in Owensville, Indiana, Owensville, through the north side of Fort Branch, Indiana, Fort Branch, to Indiana State Road 57, State Road 57 in Mackey, Indiana, Mackey. Its route runs about north of, and parallel to, its parent highway, Indiana State Road 68, State Road 68. State Road 168 intersects with U.S. Route 41 in Indiana, U.S. Route 41 and Interstate 69 in Indiana, Interstate 69; the latter opened on November 15, 2012. Major intersections References External links State highways in Indiana, 168 Transportation in Gibson County, Indiana {{Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana 168
State Road 168 is a east–west two-lane highway that exists entirely within Gibson County in the far southwestern portion of the state, spanning Barton, Montgomery, and Union townships. Route description State Road 168 runs from State Road 65 in Owensville, through the north side of Fort Branch, to State Road 57 in Mackey. Its route runs about north of, and parallel to, its parent highway, State Road 68. State Road 168 intersects with U.S. Route 41 and Interstate 69 Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of 10 unconnected segments with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at ...; the latter opened on November 15, 2012. Major intersections References External links 168 Transportation in Gibson County, Indiana {{Indiana-road-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was US 94. The highway's southern terminus is in the Brickell neighborhood of Downtown Miami at an intersection with Brickell Avenue ( US 1), and its northern terminus is east of Copper Harbor, Michigan, at a modest cul-de-sac near Fort Wilkins Historic State Park at the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. US 41 closely parallels Interstate 75 (I-75) from Naples, Florida, all the way through Georgia to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Route description , - , FL , , - , GA , , - , TN , , - , KY , , - , IN , , - , IL , , - , WI , , - , MI , , - class="sortbottom" , Total , Florida In Florida, US 41 is paralleled by Interstate 75 all the way from Miami to Georgia (on the northern border), and I-75 has largely supplante ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interstate 69 (Indiana)
Interstate 69 (I-69) currently has two discontinuous segments of freeway in the US state of Indiana. The original highway, completed in November 1971, runs northeasterly from the state capital of Indianapolis, to the city of Fort Wayne, and then proceeds north to the state of Michigan (reaching its capital city, Lansing and beyond). This original segment is also known as segment of independent utility 1 (SIU 1) in the national plan for expansion of I-69. At present, the segment in Southwestern Indiana temporarily begins at the interchange with U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and Veterans Memorial Parkway in Evansville and, , temporarily ends at the State Road 144 (SR 144) interchange in Bargersville, concurrent with SR 37. Between I-64 and Bloomington, four new terrain sections have opened in phases in 2009, 2012, and 2015 as part of the planned national extension of I-69 southwest from Indianapolis, Indiana, via Paducah, Kentucky; Mem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I-69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of 10 unconnected segments with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at . The remaining separated segments are variously completed and posted or not posted sections of an extension southwest to the Mexican border in Texas. Of this extension—nicknamed the NAFTA Superhighway because it would help trade with Canada and Mexico spurred by the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)—five pieces near Corpus Christi, Texas; Houston, Texas; northwestern Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; and Evansville, Indiana, have been built or upgraded and signposted as I-69. A sixth segment of I-69 through Kentucky utilizing that state's existing parkway system and a section of I-24 was established by federal legislation in 2008, but only a portion is signposted. This brings the total length to about . The proposed extensio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Montgomery Township is the largest (in area) of the ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana as well as one of the largest townships by area in Southwestern Indiana, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 3,996 and it contained 1,645 housing units, 75% of which were in areas adjacent to Owensville. Montgomery Township is served by the South Gibson School Corporation. Gibson Generating Station and Gibson Lake are located at the northern end of Montgomery Township. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township had a total area of , of which (or 94.28%) is land and (or 5.72%) is water. Lakes in the township include Broad Pond (Gibson Lake), Burnett's Pond and Mauck's Pond. The Wabash River borders the northwest township line. History "Purty Old Tom" is noted by the historian Gil R. Stormont as the origin of the name for the township, one of the original six created by the commissioners of the newly formed county in 1813. Thomas "Purty Old Tom" Montgomery came to southe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnson Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Johnson Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,094 and it contained 1,605 housing units. Johnson Township was organized in 1823. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.73%) is land and (or 0.27%) is water. Cities and towns * Haubstadt Unincorporated towns * Saint James * Warrenton Adjacent townships * Gibson County ** Union Township (north) ** Barton Township (east) ** Montgomery Township (northwest) *Posey County ** Smith Township (west) *Vanderburgh County ** Armstrong Township (southwest) ** Scott Township (southeast) *Warrick County ** Greer Township (east) Cemeteries The township contains four cemeteries: Nobles, Powell, Stunkel, Tabor and Williams. Major highways * * * * * Education Johnson Township is served by the South Gibson School Corporation The South Gibson School Corporation is the largest of the three public school governing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barton Township, Gibson County, Indiana
Barton Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,677 and it contained 720 housing units. Somerville is the township seat. Barton Township was organized in 1843. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.57%) is land and (or 0.41%) is water. Cities and towns * Mackey * Somerville Unincorporated towns * Buckskin Adjacent townships Gibson County * Columbia Township (north) * Johnson Township (southwest) * Union Township (west) * Center Township (northwest) Pike County * Monroe Township (east) Warrick County * Greer Township (south) * Hart Township (southeast) Cemeteries The township contains seven cemeteries: Albright, Eden, Kilpatrick, Providence, St John's, Somerville and Townsley. Major highways * * * Education Barton Township is part of the East Gibson School Corporation The East Gibson School Corporation is the smallest of the three public sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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