Charlestown Township is one of twelve
townships
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Clark County, Indiana
Clark County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana, located directly across the Ohio River from Louisville, Kentucky. At the 2020 census, the population was 121,093. The county seat is Jeffersonville. Clark County is part of the Louisville/ ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,450 and it contained 5,382 housing units.
History
Charlestown Township was organized in 1817.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.08%) is land and (or 0.92%) is water.
Cities and towns
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Charlestown
Unincorporated towns
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Otisco
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Rolling Hills
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Springville (extinct)
Adjacent townships
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Oregon Township (north)
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Owen Township (east)
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Utica Township (south)
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Silver Creek Township (southwest)
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Union Township (west)
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Monroe Township (northwest)
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 3
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Indiana State Road 62
State Road 62 (SR 62) in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west route that travels from the Illinois state line in the southwest corner of Indiana to the Louisville, Kentucky area, then northeast toward the Cincinnati, Ohio area. ...
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Indiana State Road 160
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Indiana State Road 403
State Road 403 (SR 403), now known as County Road 403, is a six-mile (10 km) northeast-to-southwest route that lies entirely within Clark County.
Route description
County Road 403 begins in the north end of Sellersburg at U.S. Route ...
Cemeteries
The township contains several cemeteries: Armstrong Cemetery, Baird Cemetery (a.k.a. King), Bottorff, Caldwell (a.k.a. Lutz/Prather), Carter, Charlestown, Coble, County Poor Farm, Crace, Douglas, Faris, Fifty-four, Goodwin, Goodwin/Nicholson, Hammond, Hester-Rowland, Kessler (a.k.a. Faris II), Long, Mathes, McCormick (a.k.a. McCullough), McDonald, Meloy, Montgomery, Otisco Cemetery (a.k.a. Seedtick), Pleasant Grove, Robertson, Robinson, Salem Methodist Church, Shelby Cemetery, Silver Creek Cemetery, St. Michael's, James Stuart Plantation, Weimer, and Worrell/Worrall.
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Clark County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
Populated places established in 1817
1817 establishments in Indiana