Monroe Township is one of twelve
townships
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Delaware County, Indiana
Delaware County is a County (United States), county in the east central portion of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 111,903. The county seat is Muncie, Indiana, Muncie.
Delaware County is part of the Muncie metropolita ...
. According to the 2010 census, its population was 3,729 and it contained 1,507 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.87%) is land and (or 0.13%) is water.
Unincorporated towns
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Cowan
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Oakville
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Progress
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Adjacent townships
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Center Township (north)
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Liberty Township (northeast)
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Perry Township (east)
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Prairie Township, Henry County (south)
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Jefferson Township, Henry County (southwest)
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Salem Township (west)
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Mount Pleasant Township (northwest)
Major highways
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U.S. Route 35
U.S. Route 35 (US 35) is a United States Highway that runs southeast-northwest for approximately from the western suburbs of Charleston, West Virginia to northern Indiana. Although the highway is physically southeast-northwest, it is nomi ...
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Indiana State Road 3
State Road 3 (SR 3) in the U.S. state of Indiana is a discontinuous state highway running through eastern Indiana from near the Ohio River to near the Michigan state line. The southernmost terminus is at SR 62 in Charlestown, and the ...
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Indiana State Road 67
State Road 67 in the U.S. state of Indiana cuts a diagonal route from southwest to northeast across the state from the north side of Vincennes to Indianapolis to the Ohio state line, where it becomes State Route 29 east of Bryant.
Route descr ...
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Fairview, Macedonia and Tomlinson.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Delaware County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana