Grant Township is one of eleven

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

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; i ...

. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,085 and it contained 470 housing units. It was organized in December 1868 and was named for

Ulysses Grant Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.97%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.

Cities and towns

* Boswell

Unincorporated towns

Chase Chase or CHASE may refer to: Businesses * Chase Bank, a national bank based in New York City, New York * Chase Aircraft (1943–1954), a defunct American aircraft manufacturing company * Chase Coaches, a defunct bus operator in England * Chase Co ...

Adjacent townships

Center Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentrici ...

(northeast) * Hickory Grove (west) * Oak Grove (east) * Parish Grove (northwest) * Pine Township, Warren County (southeast) * Prairie Township, Warren County (southwest)

Major highways

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* State Road 352

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Boswell, Perigo and Smith.

Education

Benton Community School Corporation The Benton Community School Corporation administers the one high school/middle school and two elementary schools in Benton County, Indiana. Its offices are located in the county seat of Fowler, Indiana Fowler is a town in Center Township, Be ...

References

Citations

Sources

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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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