Franklin Township is one of twelve
townships in
Hendricks County
Hendricks County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 174,788. The county seat is the town of Danville. Hendricks County is the third most populous county in the Indianapolis- Carme ...
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Indiana
Indiana ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north and northeast, Ohio to the east, the Ohio River and Kentucky to the s ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 1,297.
History
McCormack-Bowman House was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1995.
Geography
Franklin Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.16 percent is water. The streams of Crittenden Creek and East Fork Mill Creek run through this township.
Cities and towns
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Stilesville
Adjacent townships
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Clay Township (north)
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Liberty Township (east)
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Monroe Township, Morgan County (east)
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Adams Township, Morgan County (south)
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Jefferson Township, Putnam County (southwest)
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Marion Township, Putnam County (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains five cemeteries: Hebron Presbyterian, Pleasant Hill, Snoddy Family, Stilesville and Walnut Grove.
Major highways
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U.S. Route 40
U.S. Route 40 or U.S. Highway 40 (US 40), also known as the Main Street of America (a nickname shared with U.S. Route 66), is a major east–west United States Highway traveling across the United States from the Mountain States to the Mid- ...
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State Road 75
Airports and landing strips
* Vaughn Airport
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
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Townships in Hendricks County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana