Shawnee Township is one of eleven

townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in Fountain County,

Indiana Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...

, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 662 and it contained 284 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.57%) is land and (or 0.46%) is water. It contains no incorporated settlements. The unincorporated communities of Aylesworth and Rob Roy both lie along the route of

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, while

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is in the far west on the east banks of the

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. State Road 55 shares the route of U.S. 41 south from Attica until it reaches Rob Roy, at which point State Road 55 goes east while U.S. 41 continues south.

Cemeteries

Beulah Cemetery lies in the northeast part of the township; Brown Cemetery lies in the southwest.

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

U.S. Board on Geographic Names

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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