Newcastle Township is one of eight
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
Fulton County, Indiana
Fulton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. , the population was 20,480. The county seat is Rochester.
History
The first non-Native Americans to ever set foot in what is now Fulton County, Indiana, were French traders ...
. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,390 (slightly down from 1,398 at 2010
) and it contained 552 housing units.
History
The
John Haimbaugh Round Barn was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1993.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.79%) is land and (or 0.24%) is water.
Barr Lake is in this township.
Unincorporated towns
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Talma
Adjacent townships
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Tippecanoe Township, Marshall County (north)
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Franklin Township, Kosciusko County (east)
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Henry Township (southeast)
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Rochester Township (southwest)
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Richland Township (west)
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Walnut Township, Marshall County (northwest)
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 25
State Road 25 is a highway in the U. S. state of Indiana. Although it is designated a north–south road, in practice it travels generally northeast from its southern terminus at State Road 32 (south of Waynetown and north of Shades Sta ...
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Indiana State Road 110
State Road 110 (SR 110) is an east–west state road, that consists of two discontinuous sections, in the northern part of the US state of Indiana. The western portion of SR 110 is just under long and connects SR 10 with U.S. Route 231 (US 231 ...
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Indiana State Road 331
State Road 331 (SR 331) is a state highway in the north-central part of the U.S. state of Indiana.
Route description
State Road 331 runs from State Road 25 (Indiana), State Road 25 north of Rochester (IN), Rochester via Bourbon (IN), Bourbon, ...
Cemeteries
The township contains four cemeteries: Hamlett, Reister, Sycamore and Yellow Creek.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Fulton County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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