Washington Township is one of fourteen
townships
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in
Clinton County, Indiana
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 33,190. The county seat is Frankfort.
History
Clinton County officially came into existence on March 1, 1830, and was named in honor of DeWitt Cli ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,063 (down from 1,098 at 2010
) and it contained 446 housing units.
The township was named for President
George Washington
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.
History
Before Clinton County existed, all of its territory, along with a small piece of what's now northern
Boone County, was from 1828 to 1830 part of
Tippecanoe County and known as Washington Township. When Clinton County was founded, this name was retained for the township then most settled. As established on May 15, 1830, it included all of
Perry Township (which was cut off in 1834) and the south half of
Madison (made separate in 1835).
William Clark, the first white settler to come to this area, arrived in 1826 and built a cabin just north of what later would become
Jefferson. David Kilgore and family arrived the next year and settled nearby.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.86%) is land and (or 0.14%) is water.
Unincorporated towns
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Fickle
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Jefferson
Adjacent townships
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Ross Township (north)
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Center Township (east)
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Union Township (east)
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Jackson Township (southeast)
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Perry Township (south)
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Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County (west)
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Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County (west)
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Madison Township (northwest)
Major highways
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Interstate 65
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U.S. Route 421
U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway System, United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highwa ...
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Indiana State Road 38
State Road 38 (SR 38) in the U.S. state of Indiana serves as a connection between Lafayette in the west and Richmond in the east.
Route description
SR 38 begins in Lafayette at the intersections of Sagamore Parkway and Main Stre ...
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Abbot, Jefferson and Providence.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
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Townships in Clinton County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
1830 establishments in Indiana
Populated places established in 1830