Jefferson 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
Wayne 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 3,482 and it contained 1,514 housing units.
History
Jefferson Township was organized in 1834.
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.
The streams of Awl Branch, Bat Branch, Bear Creek, Brick Creek, Civil Run, Hartley Run, Morgan Creek, Nettle Creek, Price Creek, Ulrich Creek, Value Run, West Lawn Run and White Branch run through this township.
Cities and towns
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Hagerstown
Adjacent townships
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Dalton Township (north)
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Perry Township (northeast)
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Clay Township (east)
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Harrison Township (southeast)
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Jackson Township (south)
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Liberty Township, Henry County (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Olive Branch, Brick Church, Ulrich, St. Jacobs Lutheran, Felton Family, Baldridge, Unnamed, and West Lawn.
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 end ...
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Indiana State Road 38
State Road 38 in the U.S. State of Indiana serves as a connection between Lafayette in the west and Richmond in the east.
Route description
State Road 38 begins in Lafayette with State Road 25 and U.S. Route 52. There is an interchange with ...
Airports and landing strips
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Hagerstown Airport
Hagerstown Airport is a public airport located one mile (1.6 km) south of the central business district of Hagerstown, a town in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. This airport is publicly owned by the Town of Hagerstown.
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Education
Jefferson Township is served by the Hagerstown-Jefferson Township Public Library.
See also
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Whitewater Canal
The Whitewater Canal, which was built between and , spanned a distance of and stretched from Lawrenceburg, Indiana on the Ohio River to Hagerstown, Indiana near the West Fork of the White River.
History Birth of a canal
As with most transpor ...
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 Wayne County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana