Greensboro Township is one of thirteen
townships
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Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Henry County,
Indiana
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,728 and it contained 715 housing units.
Greensboro Township was organized in 1831.
It was named after the city of
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the List of municipalitie ...
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Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.73%) is land and (or 0.27%) is water.
The streams of Bench Run, Dry Fork, Egg Run, Feather Fork, Goose Run, Goslin Creek, Hatch Brook, Mont Branch, Mount Lawn Brook, Quack Run, Quill Run, Ten Creek, Web Run and York Run run through this township.
Cities and towns
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Greensboro
Greensboro (; ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035; it was estimated to be 307,381 in 2024. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina, af ...
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Kennard
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Shirley (east quarter)
Unincorporated towns
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Woodville
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
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Harrison Township (north)
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Henry Township (east)
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Spiceland Township (southeast)
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Wayne Township (southwest)
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Brown Township, Hancock County (west)
Cemeteries
The township contains four cemeteries: Greensboro Friends, Hicksite, Greensboro Township and Mason.
The Greensboro Friends Cemetery was established on 18 March 1825 and is located next to Greensboro Pike. Following the "
great separation" of 1827-28 of the
Quakers
Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestantism, Protestant Christian set of Christian denomination, denominations. Members refer to each other as Friends after in the Bible, and originally ...
, Hicksite Cemetery was founded on 26 Oct 1830 as a ministry of the Greensboro Friends who were in the Hicksite Quaker faction.
[http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/books-publications/magazines/online-connections/quaker-records/duckcreekmtgminsmarr.pdf Indiana History Online: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting (Henry County)]
The small Greensboro Township Cemetery is located immediately southwest of the smaller Mason Cemetery.
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 234
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
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Townships in Henry County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana