White River Township is one of ten
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Gibson County, Indiana
Gibson County is a county in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.
History
In 1787, the fledgling United States defined the Northwest T ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,689 and it contained 817 housing units.
It took its name from the
White River.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 96.66%) is land and (or 3.32%) is water.
Cities and towns
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Hazleton Hazleton may refer to:
Places
* Hazleton, British Columbia, Canada
* Hazleton, Gloucestershire, a village in Gloucestershire, England
** Hazleton long barrows, Neolithic burial mounds at Hazleton, Gloucestershire, England
** Hazleton Abbey, a me ...
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Patoka
Unincorporated towns
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East Mount Carmel
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White River
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
Gibson County
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Washington Township (east)
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Patoka Township (south)
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Montgomery Township (southwest)
Knox County
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Decker Township (northwest)
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Johnson Township (northeast)
Wabash County, IL
Wabash County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census, it had a population of 11,361. Its county seat is Mount Carmel. It is located in the southern portion of Illinois known locally as " Little Egypt". ...
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Mt. Carmel Precinct (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Barnett, Decker Chapel, Field, Humphrey, Milburn, Morrison, Robb and Trippet.
Major highways
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U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, ...
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State Road 56
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State Road 64
Airports and landing strips
* Hull Airport
Education
White River Township is served by the
North Gibson School Corporation
The North Gibson School Corporation is the second largest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County, Indiana, United States as well as one of the twenty largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The NGSC is respon ...
and like neighboring Washington Township also has no schools of its own since the early 1970s.
References
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of IndianaU.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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Townships in Gibson County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana