Connersville Township is one of nine
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Fayette County, Indiana
Fayette County is one of 92 counties in U.S. state of Indiana located in the east central portion of the state. As of 2020, the population was 23,398. Most of the county is rural; land use is farms, pasture and unincorporated woodland. The coun ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 12,282 and it contained 5,573 housing units.
History
Connersville Township was organized in 1819 as one of five original townships of Fayette County containing the namesake town, which was designated the county seat.
John Conner is credited with being the first settler in Connersville Township. He established a trading post which was the center of early pioneer life.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.82%) is land and (or 0.18%) is water.
Cities and towns
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Connersville
Connersville is a city in Fayette County, east central Indiana, United States, east by southeast of Indianapolis. The population was 13,481 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of and the largest and only incorporated town in F ...
(southwest half)
Unincorporated towns
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Longwood Crossing
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Tyner Crossing
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
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Harrison Township (north)
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Waterloo Township (northeast)
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Jennings Township (east)
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Jackson Township (southeast)
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Columbia Township (southwest)
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Orange Township (southwest)
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Fairview Township (northwest)
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 1
State Road 1 (SR 1) is a north–south state highway in eastern Indiana, consisting of two segments. Its southern segment begins at U.S. Highway 50 and Interstate 275 in east-central Dearborn County, just east of Lawrenceburg, and ends ...
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Indiana State Road 44
Indiana State Road 44 (SR 44) in the State of Indiana begins in the west at Interstate 69 and State Road 37 (SR 37) in Martinsville and runs eastward to the Ohio state line in Union County in two broken sections. It is broken in Frank ...
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Indiana State Road 121
State Road 121 (SR 121) is a part of the Indiana State Road that exists in two sections. The first runs between Metamora and Connersville and the second from Richmond to the Ohio state line in US state of Indiana. The of SR 121 that ...
Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery, Tullis Chapel.
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Fayette County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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