Whitewater Township is one of thirteen
townships in
Franklin County, Indiana
Franklin County is a County (United States), county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Indiana. In the 2020 United States census, the county population was 22,785. The county seat is the town of Brookville, Indiana, Brookville. Frankli ...
. As of the
2020 census, its population was 2,706, up from 2,684 at
2010
The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
.
History
Whitewater Township was created in 1816.
The
Snow Hill Covered Bridge and
Salmon Turrell Farmstead
Salmon Turrell Farmstead is a historic home and farm located in Whitewater Township, Franklin County, Indiana. The house was built about 1830, and is a two-story, four-bay, Federal style brick I-house. It has a -story brick ell. Also on the p ...
are listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.35%) is land and (or 0.65%) is water.
Unincorporated towns
* Ashby (extinct)
*
Drewersburg
*
New Trenton
*
Rockdale
*
Sharptown
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Major highways
*
U.S. Route 52
U.S. Route 52 (US 52) is a major U.S. Highway in the Central United States that extends from the northern to southeastern region of the United States. Contrary to most other even-numbered U.S. Highways, US 52 primarily follows a north ...
*
Indiana State Road 252
Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Otwell and Snow.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Franklin County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
1816 establishments in Indiana
Populated places established in 1816
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