York Township is one of eleven
townships
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Benton County, Indiana
Benton County is located in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; ...
. As of the 2020 census, its population was 155 and it contained 82 housing units.
It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.
Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Since 2006 the township has the latest annual sunset of any location in Indiana (every late June about a week after the solstice) when the entire eastern time zone part of Indiana for the first time was completely on day light savings time, and latest annual sunrise of any location in Indiana (in the first week of January) since 1967 when it joined Eastern time zone along with all of Benton County and many other Indiana counties.
Unincorporated towns
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Raub
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Sheff
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
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Parish Grove (south)
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Richland (east)
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Jefferson Township, Newton County (north)
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 71
Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Blue Ridge and Fleming.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Benton County, Indiana
Lafayette metropolitan area, Indiana
Townships in Indiana