Montgomery Township is the largest (in area) of the ten

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as well as one of the largest townships by area in

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, USA. At the 2010 census, its population was 3,996 and it contained 1,645 housing units, 75% of which were in areas adjacent to Owensville. Montgomery Township is served by the

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and Gibson Lake are located at the northern end of Montgomery Township.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township had a total area of , of which (or 94.28%) is land and (or 5.72%) is water. Lakes in the township include Broad Pond (Gibson Lake), Burnett's Pond and Mauck's Pond. The Wabash River borders the northwest township line.

History

"Purty Old Tom" is noted by the historian Gil R. Stormont as the origin of the name for the township, one of the original six created by the commissioners of the newly formed county in 1813. Thomas "Purty Old Tom" Montgomery came to southern Knox County in 1805 and marked an oak tree near a spring. Something delayed his return with his family to claim that land, so he ended up settling on the west bank of Black River near the present site of Owensville. He is mentioned on the Gibson County and

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page. He was one of seven sons of Hugh Montgomery, Sr., of Virginia to fight in the Revolutionary War.

Cities and towns

* Owensville

Unincorporated towns

* Egg Harbor *

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* McGary * Mounts * Skelton (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships and Precincts

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** Gibson County *** Patoka Township (northeast) *** White River Township (northeast) *** Union Township (east) *** Johnson Township (southeast) *** Wabash Township (west) **

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*** Smith Township (south) *** Robb Township (southwest) *

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** Wabash County *** Coffee Precinct (Single point to the northwest) *** Mt. Carmel Precinct (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains ten cemeteries: Montgomery, Smith, Benson, Clark, Knowles, Mauck, Oak Grove, Old Union, Skelton, Owensville and Wilson.

Major highways

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* Indiana State Road 168

Education

Owensville Community School The South Gibson School Corporation is the largest of the three public school governing institutions in both enrollment and territory covered in Gibson County, Indiana as well as one of the ten largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The ...

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana

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