Boone Township is one of 12
townships
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in
Harrison County,
Indiana
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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,308 and it contained 593 housing units.
History
Boone Township is named after
Squire Boone
Squire Maugridge Boone Jr. (October 5, 1744 – August 5, 1815) was an American frontiersman and the younger brother of Daniel Boone. In 1780, he founded the first settlement in Shelby County, Kentucky. The tenth of eleven children, Squire Boone ...
who settled in the township in 1806. He died there in 1815 and is buried in the nearby
Squire Boone Caverns
Squire Boone Caverns and Village is a cavern exploration attraction in Mauckport, Indiana (near Corydon in Southern Indiana). The park consists of a one-hour walking tour into the caverns, as well as a working pioneer village and grist mill.
Park ...
. Boone built the first Baptist church in Indiana in the Boone Township in 1813. The church is called
Old Goshen Church and has been reconstructed.
Kintner-Withers House was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1980.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.29%) is land and (or 0.71%) is water.
The streams of Big Run, Mays Branch and West Branch Mosquito Creek run through this township.
Cities and towns
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Laconia
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Unincorporated towns
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Cedar Farm Landing
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Gurley Landing
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Rehoboth
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Education
The children of Boone Township attend South Central school which is part of the South Harrison School District.
Adjacent townships
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Webster Township (north)
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Posey Township (northeast)
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Taylor Township (east)
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Heth Township (west)
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Harrison Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains 43 documented cemeteries: Able, Barger, Becky Brown Family Plot, Beswick/Radmacher's, Brown Family Cemetery (aka Old Stephen's), Chaffin, Cole, Collen's Chapel, Cotner, Crosier, Dodd/Kings, Dunkard, Eckart, Ellis, Entrician/Endrocrane, Ferree/May, Grey, Guest, John Brown Cemetery, Kinzer/Lightner, Laconia Methodist (Bethel), Lane, Lewis, Madden, Marsh Burying Ground, McIntire (Evan's), Memorial Baptist/Presbyterian, Nancy Brown Plot, Old Goshen, Payton, Philip Rupp's Grave, Phillips Cemetery, Reed, Rehobeth, Ridley, Sacred Heart of Mary Catholic Cemetery, Sands, Stallings, Stephens, Union Chapel, unnamed Boone and Zimmerman family cemetery.
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 11
State Road 11 (SR 11) in the U.S. state of Indiana is located in south central Indiana and is divided into a northern and southern section. These sections were never connected. One section of the highway was previously numbered State ...
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Indiana State Road 337
State Road 337 in the U.S. State of Indiana is divided into a northern section and a southern section.
Route description
Southern section
The southern section is about long. Starting at Indiana State Road 64, State Road 64 in Depauw, Indiana ...
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Harrison County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana