Highland Township is one of five

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in Vermillion County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,534 and it contained 724 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.04%) is land and (or 0.96%) is water.

Cities

* Perrysville

Unincorporated towns

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at * Gessie at * Rileysburg at * Tree Spring at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains ten cemeteries: Ater, Chenoweth, Harrison, Hicks, Hopewell, Hughes, Lower Mound, Skinner, Mathes and Smith.

Airports and landing strips

* Highland Airport (closed)

Rivers

Wabash River The Wabash River ( French: Ouabache) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana in the United States. It flows fro ...

* Vermilion River

Highways

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U.S. Route 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Route 6 and U.S. Route 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . U ...

Indiana State Road 63 State Road 63 (SR 63) in the U.S. state of Indiana is a north–south route in the western portion of the state. Until mid-2008, it covered a distance of just over , but now is a discontinuous route. For , from the city of Terre Haute u ...

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School districts

* North Vermillion Community School Corporation

Political districts

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* State House District 42 * State Senate District 38

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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