Cain Township is one of eleven

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Fountain County, Indiana Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington. According to the 2020 Unite ...

. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,112 and it contained 478 housing units.

History

Cain Township was one of the first townships to be established in the county; it was established on July 24, 1826. At that time, much of the land was forested, but 100 years later most of the land was used for agriculture. There were also several grain and lumber mills along Coal Creek, but these also were gone by the early 20th century. The town of Hillsboro was laid out in the 1830s and still exists; the town of Rynear was established in the far northwest corner of the township, but was gone by the early 1900s. The township's population was 1,763 in 1880, 1,537 in 1900, and 1,403 in 1910.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.92%) is land and (or 0.08%) is water. There is a single settlement in the township: the town of Hillsboro, which has a population of about 500 (about half the township's total population). This lies at the intersection of the east–west

U.S. Route 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at US 6 and US 34 to the I-74/ I-465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . Due to the removal of ...

and the north–south Indiana State Road 341, in the northern part of the township.

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passes from east to west less than north of Hillsboro.

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runs along a portion of the southern border of the township.

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries. Rose Hill to the north and Spring Hill lie to the south of Hillsboro, while Scotts Prairie is in the far southwest corner of the township.

References

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United States Census Bureau 2010 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

IndianaMap

Bibliography

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External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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