West Point Township is one of twelve
townships
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in
White County,
Indiana
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 381 and it contained 141 housing units.
West Point Township was organized in 1845, and was named for a large tract of forest in the western part.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.87%) is land and (or 0.13%) is water.
Adjacent townships
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Princeton Township (north)
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Honey Creek Township (northeast)
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Big Creek Township (east)
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Prairie Township (southeast)
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Round Grove Township (south)
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Pine Township, Benton County (southwest)
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Gilboa Township, Benton County (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains West Point Cemetery. Near the back of this cemetery is a marker for Alexander Lawrie, a northern captain in the Civil War and an artist of the
Hudson River School
The Hudson River School was a mid-19th century American art movement embodied by a group of landscape painters whose aesthetic vision was influenced by Romanticism. The paintings typically depict the Hudson River Valley and the surrounding area, ...
. The market claims that Lawrie made a gift to the Indiana Museum of a set of 100 paintings of Civil War generals.
School districts
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* Tri-County School Corporation
Political districts
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Indiana's 4th congressional district
Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. From 2003 to 2013 the district was based primarily in the central part of the state, and consisted of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, ...
* State House District 15
* State Senate District 07
References
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line ShapefilesUnited States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)IndianaMap
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in White County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana