Fairplay Township is one of fifteen
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
Greene County,
Indiana
Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 575.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.70%) is land and (or 1.26%) is water.
The stream of Lattas Creek runs through this township.
Cities and towns
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Switz City (east quarter)
Unincorporated towns
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Dixon
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Elliston
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
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Jefferson Township (north)
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Highland Township (northeast)
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Richland Township (east)
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Taylor Township (southeast)
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Washington Township (southwest)
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Grant Township (west)
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Smith Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery, Castle Hill.
Major highways
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Airports and landing strips
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Shawnee Field
Shawnee Field is a public use airport in Greene County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by Shawnee Field Inc. and is located three nautical miles (5.56 km) west of the central business district of Bloomfield, Indiana.
Although most U. ...
Notable natives
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Martin Wines
Martin Wines was a politician in the U.S. state of Indiana and one of the most prominent men in the early history of Greene County.
Descended from a family that settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the early seventeenth century,Watkins, A ...
, state representative
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Greene County, Indiana
Bloomington metropolitan area, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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