Leopold Township is one of seven
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
Perry County Perry County may refer to:
United States
*Perry County, Alabama
*Perry County, Arkansas
*Perry County, Illinois
*Perry County, Indiana
*Perry County, Kentucky
*Perry County, Mississippi
*Perry County, Missouri
*Perry County, Ohio
* Perry Cou ...
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Indiana
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, United States. As of the
2020 census, its population was 717 and it contained 317 housing units.
History
Leopold Township was established in 1847, and named after
Leopold I of Belgium
Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865) was the first king of the Belgians, reigning from 21 July 1831 until his death in 1865.
The youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopold took a commission in the Imperial Rus ...
.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.20%) is land and (or 0.80%) is water.
Unincorporated towns
*
Leopold
Leopold may refer to:
People
* Leopold (given name), including a list of people named Leopold or Léopold
* Leopold (surname)
Fictional characters
* Leopold (''The Simpsons''), Superintendent Chalmers' assistant on ''The Simpsons''
* Leopold B ...
at
*
Terry
Terry is a unisex diminutive nickname for the given names Teresa or Theresa (feminine) or Terence (given name), Terence, Terrance (masculine).
People
Male
* Terry A. Canales, American politician
* Terry A. Doughty (born 1959), American district ...
at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Cemeteries
The township contains these five cemeteries: Frakes, Lanman, Rennie, Rhodes and Saint Johns.
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 37
State Road 37 (SR 37) is a major route in the U.S. state of Indiana, running as a four-lane divided highway for a majority of its course in Southern and Central Indiana.
At one time, the route ran from the southwest corner of the state t ...
Lakes
* Tipsaw Lake
School districts
* Perry Central Community School Corporation
Political districts
* State House District 73
* State Senate District 47
References
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United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line ShapefilesIndianaMap
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Perry County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana