Washington Township is one of fourteen

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Clinton County, Indiana Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 33,224. 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 2010 census, its population was 1,098 and it contained 465 housing units. The township was named for President

George Washington George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of th ...

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 Tippecanoe may refer to several places or things in the United States: * The 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe in Indiana * A nickname for William Henry Harrison (U.S. President March 1841–April 1841) from his role in the battle ** Tippecanoe and Tyler t ...

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

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(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 Jefferson may refer to: Names * Jefferson (surname) * Jefferson (given name) People * Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States * Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foo ...

. 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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Adjacent townships

* Ross Township (north) * Center Township (east) * Union Township (east) * Jackson Township (southeast) * Perry Township (south) * Lauramie Township, Tippecanoe County (west) * Sheffield Township, Tippecanoe County (west) * Madison Township (northwest)

Major highways

Interstate 65 Interstate 65 (I-65) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates ending in 5, it is a major crosscountry, north–south route, connecting between the Great Lakes and the Gulf ...

U.S. Route 421 U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highway runs for from Fort Fisher, North Caro ...

Indiana State Road 38 State Road 38 in the U.S. State of Indiana serves as a connection between Lafayette in the west and Richmond in the east. Route description State Road 38 begins in Lafayette with State Road 25 and U.S. Route 52. There is an interchange with Int ...

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Abbot, Jefferson and Providence.

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

U.S. Board on Geographic Names
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