Moral Township is one of fourteen
townships
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Shelby County, Indiana
Shelby County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 44,436. The county seat (and only incorporated city) is Shelbyville.
History
After the American Revolutionary War established US sov ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,577 and it contained 1,805 housing units.
Moral Township was organized before 1840.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.62%) is land and (or 0.38%) is water.
History
On September 9, 1969, Moral Township was the site of the deadliest air disaster in the history of Indiana.
On that date, Allegheny Airlines flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 jetliner, registration N988VJ, collided in midair with a Piper PA-28 registration N7374J which was a light general aviation aircraft. After the collision, flight 853 rolled over and crashed into a soybean field near London, Indiana at over 430 mph; none of the 82 people on board survived. The pilot and sole occupant of the PA-28 were killed upon impact with the tail assembly of the DC-9. With a death toll of 83, this is the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Indiana.
Unincorporated towns
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Brookfield
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London
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London Heights
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Pleasant View
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Sugar Creek
References
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Shelby County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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