Polk Township is one of ten

townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

in Marshall County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,781 (down from 2,824 at 2010) and it contained 1,170 housing units.

History

Polk Township was organized on March 4, 1845. The date of the township's organization coincided with the inauguration of

James K. Polk James Knox Polk (; November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849) was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. A protégé of Andrew Jackson and a member of the Democratic Party, he was an advocate of Jacksonian democracy and ...

, hence the name. The Polk Township District No. 2 School was listed on the

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in 2013.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.38%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

* Koontz Lake (east edge) * Teegarden at * Tyner at

Cemeteries

The township contains Barber Cemetery Blissville Cemetery and Tyner Cemetery.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

* Stuntz and Hochstetler Pines Airport

School districts

* John Glenn School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 2nd congressional district Indiana's 2nd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northern Indiana. It includes South Bend, Elkhart, and Warsaw. Prior to 2002, the 2nd congressional district covered east central Indiana, including most of ...

* State House District 17 * State Senate District 5

References

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United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

IndianaMap

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana

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