Lawrenceburg Township is one of fourteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...
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Dearborn County, Indiana
Dearborn County is one of 92 counties of the U.S. state of Indiana located on the Ohio border near the southeast corner of the state. It was formed in 1803 from a portion of Hamilton County, Ohio. In 2020, the population was 50,679. The county ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,985 and it contained 4,796 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 96.50%) is land and (or 3.50%) is water.
Old Channel Lake and Twin Lakes are in this township.
Cities and towns
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Aurora
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(north edge)
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Greendale
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Hidden Valley (south edge)
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Lawrenceburg
Unincorporated towns
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Hardinsburg
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Homestead
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*Homestead (buildings), a farmhouse and its adjacent outbuildings; by extension, it can mean any small cluster of houses
* Homestead (unit), a unit of measurement equal to 160 acres
*Homestead principle, a legal concept t ...
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Lawrenceburg Junction
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Oldtown
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Major highways
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Interstate 275
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U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...
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State Road 1
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State Road 48
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Greendale, Guard and Miller.
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 Dearborn County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana