|
Washington Township, Brown County, Indiana
Washington Township is one of four townships in Brown County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,896 and it contained 2,519 housing units. The township includes the northern portion of Brown County State Park. History Washington Township was established in 1836. The Brown County Bridge No. 36 and Theodore Clement Steele House and Studio are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.47%) is land and (or 2.53%) is water. Axsom Branch Pond and Terrill Ridge Pond are in this township. Cities and towns * Nashville Unincorporated towns * Annandale Estates * Belmont * Camp Roberts * Clarksdale * Gnaw Bone * Mount Liberty * Town Hill * West Overlook (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Adjacent townships * Hamblen (northeast) * Jackson (north) * Van Buren (southeast) * Benton Township, Monroe County (northwest) * Camp At ... [...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] |
Belmont, Indiana
Belmont is an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Brown County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. History A post office was established at Belmont in 1884, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1916. In 1907 Hoosier Group artist T. C. Steele and his wife, Selma Neubacher Steele, moved into newly built studio and home on of hilltop land one and a half miles south of Belmont. They named their summer retreat the House of the Singing Winds; it became their year-round residence in 1912. After purchasing additional acreage in 1911 to increase their Brown County property to of land, they made further improvements that included an enlarged home surrounded by expansive gardens, a large studio-gallery, and several other outbuildings. In July 1945 Selma donated the entire property and more than 300 of her husband's paintings to the Indiana Department of Conservation (the present-day Indiana Department of Natural Resources) to preserve it as the T. C. Steele S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polk Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Polk Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 360 and it contained 195 housing units. It is one of the least densely-populated townships in the state; this is largely because most of the land is occupied by Lake Monroe, the Hoosier National Forest, and seasonal homes and attractions. History Polk Township was established in 1849. It was established soon after the term of its namesake, James K. Polk, had ended. Epsilon II Archaeological Site and Kappa V Archaeological Site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 88.06%) is land and (or 11.94%) is water. Unincorporated towns * Chapel Hill at * Yellowstone at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Cemeteries The township contains these four cemeteries: Burgoon Church, Hillenburg, Mitchell and Todd. School districts * Monroe Count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrison Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana
Harrison Township is one of twelve townships in Bartholomew County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,823 and it contained 1,528 housing units. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.53%) is land and (or 1.47%) is water. Camp Atterbury borders the township to the north. Cities, towns, villages * Columbus (west edge) Unincorporated towns * Bethany * Stony Lonesome (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Adjacent townships * Columbus Township (east) * Wayne Township (southeast) * Ohio Township (south) * Van Buren Township, Brown County (southwest) * Washington Township, Brown County (west) Cemeteries The township cemeteries are Haislup and Lawton. Most of these have illegible grave markers and maintenance of the sites are the responsibility of the township trustee. Major highways * Indiana State Road 46 Lakes * Lawsons Lake * North Harrison Lake * Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Atterbury
Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally-owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. The camp's mission is to provide full logistical and training support for up to two brigade-sized elements simultaneously. The Camp offers a variety of training ranges, live-fire venues, managed airspace with air-to-ground fighting capabilities and an LVC simulation and exercise center. It is also the normal Annual Training location for National Guard and Reserve forces located in Indiana. Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center (CAJMTC) provides training and testing support to ARNG, Active, Reserve and Joint Forces as a proposed Regional Collective Training Capability (RCTC) installation, provides users with state-of-the-art multi-domain training opportunities, and serves as a Primary Mobilization Force Generation Installation (pMFGI) as identified by FORSCOM. CAJMTC consist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benton Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Benton Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,358 and it contained 1,716 housing units. History Benton Township was established in 1833. It was named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri. Benton township was divided into Marion township to the north and Benton township to the south in August 1845. The current township was formed in January 1916 when Marion township and Benton township merged back together to form a single township. Honey Creek School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 97.01%) is land and (or 2.99%) is water. Unincorporated towns * Fleener at * New Unionville at * Unionville at Cemeteries The township trustee maintains four cemeteries: Fleener/Richardson, Stepp, Brock, and Taylor/McGowan/Frye. Major highways * Indiana State Road 46 Lakes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana
Van Buren Township is one of four townships in Brown County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,008 and it contained 941 housing units. The township includes the southern portion of Brown County State Park. History Van Buren Township was established in 1836. It is named for Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States. In 1892, a church later known as Grandview Apostolic Church was built along Grandview Ridge Road, on the eastern edge of Van Buren Township. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, but after it was arsoned on July 14, 2010, it was removed from the Register. |
Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana
Jackson Township is one of four townships in Brown County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,002 and it contained 2,112 housing units. History Jackson Township was named for Andrew Jackson. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.41%) is land and (or 1.59%) is water. Unincorporated towns * Beanblossom * Bear Wallow * Cornelius * Fruitdale * Helmsburg * Lanam * Needmore * Trevlac * Waycross (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Adjacent townships * Hamblen (east) * Washington (south) * Benton Township, Monroe County (west) * Hensley Township, Johnson County (northeast) * Washington Township, Morgan County (northwest) Major highways * Indiana State Road 45 * Indiana State Road 135 State Road 135 (SR 135) in the U.S. State of Indiana is a road that connects Indianapolis with the Ohio River; for the most part it is a two-lane road except for near Greenwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamblen Township, Brown County, Indiana
Hamblen Township is one of four townships in Brown County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,336 and it contained 2,713 housing units. History Hamblen Township was named for Job Hamblen, a pioneer settler. Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.54%) is land and (or 1.46%) is water. Unincorporated towns * Cordry Sweetwater Lakes (census-designated place) * Gatesville * Peoga (partial) * Spearsville * Sprunica, Indiana * Taggart (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Adjacent townships * Jackson (west) * Washington (southwest) * Camp Atterbury Camp Atterbury-Muscatatuck is a federally-owned military post, licensed to and operated by the Indiana National Guard, located in south-central Indiana, west of Edinburgh, Indiana and U.S. Route 31. The camp's mission is to provide full logis ... (east) * Hensley Township, Johnson County (north) * Nineveh Township, Johnson Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Overlook, Indiana
West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic word passed into some Romance languages (''ouest'' in French, ''oest'' in Catalan, ''ovest'' in Italian, ''oeste'' in Spanish and Portuguese). As in other languages, the word formation stems from the fact that west is the direction of the setting sun in the evening: 'west' derives from the Indo-European root ''*wes'' reduced from ''*wes-pero'' 'evening, night', cognate with Ancient Greek ἕσπερος hesperos 'evening; evening star; western' and Latin vesper 'evening; west'. Examples of the same formation in other languages include Latin occidens 'west' from occidō 'to go down, to set' and Hebrew מַעֲרָב maarav 'west' from עֶרֶב erev 'evening'. Navigation To go west using a compass for navigation (in a place where magnetic north is the same dire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Town Hill, Indiana
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German word , the Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fortifications, and built a palisade or stockade instead. In the Netherlands, this space was a garden, more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Town Hill, Indiana")