Union Township is one of eleven

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in Randolph County,

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, which contains the towns of

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and Losantville. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,965 (down from 2,142 at 2010) and it contained 902 housing units.

History

Union Township was established on 1 January 1951 from the merger of Nettle Creek Township and West River Township. Confusingly, another Union Township was proposed in Randolph County in 1838. This Union Township was either short lived or was never formed. It would have consisted of the northern half of the existing West River Township

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.82%) is land and (or 0.18%) is water.

Cities and towns

* Losantville *

Unincorporated towns

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at * Unionport at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Former settlements

* Cabin Creek — an erstwhile farming settlement and station on the

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Education

It is in the Union School Corporation.
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Cemeteries

Union Township has nine cemeteries: *Buena Vista Cemetery *Huntsville Cemetery *Little Creek Cemetery *Nettle Creek Baptist Cemetery *Riverside Cemetery *Salem Cemetery *Scott Cemetery *Union Baptist Cemetery *Union Chapel Cemetery

Major highways

U.S. Route 36 U.S. Route 36 (US 36) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that travels approximately from Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado to Uhrichsville, Ohio. The highway's western terminus is at Deer Ridge Junction, an inte ...

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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References

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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