Union Township is one of eleven
townships
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in
Randolph County Randolph County is the name of eight counties in the United States:
*Randolph County, Alabama
*Randolph County, Arkansas
*Randolph County, Georgia
*Randolph County, Illinois
*Randolph County, Indiana
*Randolph County, Missouri
*Randolph County, Nort ...
,
Indiana
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, which contains the towns of
Modoc and
Losantville. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,142 and it contained 960 housing units.
History
Union Township was established in 1838 from the merger of Nettle Creek Township and West River Township.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.82%) is land and (or 0.18%) is water.
Cities and towns
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Losantville
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Modoc
Unincorporated towns
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Huntsville
Huntsville is a city in Madison County, Limestone County, and Morgan County, Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Madison County. Located in the Appalachian region of northern Alabama, Huntsville is the most populous city in th ...
at
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Scott Corner at
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Unionport at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Cemeteries
Union Township has nine cemeteries:
*Buena Vista Cemetery
*Huntsville Cemetery
*Little Creek Cemetery
*Nettle Creek Baptist Cemetery
*Riverside Cemetery
*Salem Cemetery
*Scott Cemetery
*Union Baptist Cemetery
*Union Chapel Cemetery
Major highways
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U.S. Route 36
U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States highway that travels approximately from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an intersection i ...
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U.S. Route 35
U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a United States Highway that runs southeast-northwest for approximately from the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia to northern Indiana. Although the highway is physically southeast-northwest, it is nomi ...
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Indiana State Road 1
State Road 1 (SR 1) is a north–south state highway in eastern Indiana, consisting of two segments. Its southern segment begins at U.S. Highway 50 and Interstate 275 in east-central Dearborn County, just east of Lawrenceburg, and end ...
References
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Randolph County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana