Penn Township is one of thirteen
townships
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in
Parke County,
Indiana
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, United States. As of the
2020 census, its population was 761 and it contained 340 housing units.
History
Penn Township was organized in 1854, and was originally built up chiefly by
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 ...
.
The
Cox Ford Covered Bridge,
Joseph Finney House, and
Jackson Covered Bridge are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.79%) is land and (or 0.21%) is water.
The township includes the southwest quarter of
Turkey Run State Park
Turkey Run State Park, Indiana's second state park, is in Parke County in the west-central part of the state along State Road 47, east of U.S. 41.
The first parcel of land was purchased for $40,200 in 1916, when Indiana's state park system ...
.
Cities, towns, villages
*
Bloomingdale
Unincorporated towns
*
Annapolis
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at
*
Coke Oven Hollow at
*
Rockport at
*
Stumptown at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Extinct towns
* Pottertown at
(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)
Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Bloomingdale, Coffin, DeBaun and Hethcoe.
Major highways
*
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 41, also U.S. Highway 41 (US 41), is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miam ...
*
State Road 47
School districts
*
North Central Parke Community School Corporation[ ]
Text list
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* Formerly: Turkey Run Community School Corporation
Political districts
* State House District 41
* State Senate District 38
References
*
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap
External links
Indiana Township Association
United Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Parke County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
1854 establishments in Indiana