Middle Township is one of twelve
townships
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Hendricks County
Hendricks County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 145,448. The county seat is the town of Danville.
Hendricks County is the third largest county in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderso ...
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Indiana
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, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 6,170.
History
Middle Township was organized in 1833.
Geography
Middle Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.04 percent is water.
Cities and towns
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Brownsburg (west edge)
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Pittsboro
Unincorporated towns
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Maplewood
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Tilden
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
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Harrison Township, Boone County (north)
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Perry Township, Boone County (northeast)
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Brown Township (east)
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Lincoln Township (southeast)
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Washington Township (southeast)
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Center Township (southwest)
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Union Township (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains six cemeteries: Hughes, Long, Roberts, Saint Malachy West, Weaver and White Lick Baptist.
Major highways
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Interstate 74
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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 ...
References
U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
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Townships in Hendricks County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana