Salem Township is one of twelve
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
Delaware County, Indiana
Delaware County is a County (United States), county in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 111,903. The county seat is Muncie, Indiana, Muncie.
Delaware County is part of the Muncie, IN metropoli ...
. According to the 2010 census, its population was 4,034 and it contained 1,729 housing units.
History
The
Richwood Evangelical Lutheran Church was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 2004.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.63%) is land and (or 0.40%) is water.
Cities and towns
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Chesterfield
Chesterfield may refer to:
Places Canada
* Rural Municipality of Chesterfield No. 261, Saskatchewan
* Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut United Kingdom
* Chesterfield, Derbyshire, a market town in England
** Chesterfield (UK Parliament constitue ...
(east edge)
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Daleville
Unincorporated towns
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Cross Roads
Adjacent townships
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Mount Pleasant Township (north)
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Center Township (northeast)
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Monroe Township (east)
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Jefferson Township, Henry County (southeast)
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Fall Creek Township, Henry County (south)
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Union Township, Madison County (west)
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Richland Township, Madison County (northwest)
Major highways
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Interstate 69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of 10 unconnected segments with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at ...
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State Road 32
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State Road 67
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Saunders, Sharp and Sunderland.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of IndianaOld Salem Township historic information
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Townships in Delaware County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana