Fairview 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 347 and it contained 143 housing units.
History
Fairview Township was organized in Dec. 1851 from parts of Harrison and Orange townships.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Cities and towns
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Glenwood (northeast edge)
Unincorporated towns
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Fairview
Adjacent townships
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Posey Township (north)
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Harrison Township (east)
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Connersville Township (southeast)
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Orange Township (south)
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Union Township, Rush County (west)
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Washington Township, Rush County (northwest)
Major highways
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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 ...
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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