Washington Township is one of the nine

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s of Marion County,

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, located in the northern part of the county. The township is entirely within the city of

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. The population as of the 2010 census was 132,049. The first settlement at Washington Township was made in 1819. On January 1, 2007, the Washington Township Fire Department became the first township fire department in Marion County to consolidate into the

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as part of Indianapolis Mayor

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's proposed Indy Works government cost-savings plan, even though Indy Works, which included merging of Marion County fire departments as part of its cost saving efforts, failed to pass in the City-County Council.

Geography

Municipalities

* Crows Nest *

(partial) *

Meridian Hills Meridian Hills is a community in Washington Township, Marion County, Indiana, about six and a half miles north of downtown Indianapolis and slightly southwest of the neighboring community of Williams Creek. It had a population of 1,616 at the 20 ...

* North Crows Nest * Rocky Ripple * Spring Hill * Williams Creek * Wynnedale

Communities

* Broad Ripple Village * Butler-Tarkington *

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* Mapleton-Fall Creek * Meridian-Kessler *

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* Ravenswood

References

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Marion County, Indiana Geography of Indianapolis Townships in Indiana {{MarionCountyIN-geo-stub