Jennings 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 830 and it contained 360 housing units.
History
Jennings Township was established in 1819. It was named for
Jonathan Jennings
Jonathan Jennings (March 27, 1784 – July 26, 1834) was the first governor of Indiana and a nine-term congressman from Indiana. Born in either Hunterdon County, New Jersey, or Rockbridge County, Virginia, he studied law before migrating to the ...
, who was acting governor at the time of the township's organization.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Unincorporated towns
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Alquina
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Lyonsville
Adjacent townships
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Waterloo Township (north)
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Brownsville Township, Union County (northeast)
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Liberty Township, Union County (east)
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Harmony Township, Union County (southeast)
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Jackson Township (southwest)
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Connersville Township (west)
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 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 ...
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Mount Garrison, Simpson and Union. There is also at least one other small cemetery along Village Creek, the Burk Cemetery.
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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