Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Cain Township is one of eleven townships
in Fountain County, Indiana
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 1,090.
was laid out in the 1830s and still exists; the town of Rynear was established in the far northwest corner of the township, but was gone by the early 1900s. The township's population was 1,763 in 1880, 1,537 in 1900, and 1,403 in 1910.
and the north–south Indiana State Road 341
, in the northern part of the township. Interstate 74
passes from east to west less than 1 miles (1.6 km) north of Hillsboro. Indiana State Road 32
runs along a portion of the southern border of the township.
Township (United States)
A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....
in Fountain County, Indiana
Fountain County, Indiana
Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington....
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 1,090.
History
Cain Township was one of the first townships to be established in the county, on July 24, 1826. At this time, much of the land was wooded, but 100 years later most of the land was used for agriculture. There were also several grain and lumber mills along Coal Creek, but these also were gone by the early 20th century. The town of HillsboroHillsboro, Indiana
Hillsboro is a town in Cain Township, Fountain County, Indiana, United States. The population was 538 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hillsboro is located at . It is at the intersection of U.S...
was laid out in the 1830s and still exists; the town of Rynear was established in the far northwest corner of the township, but was gone by the early 1900s. The township's population was 1,763 in 1880, 1,537 in 1900, and 1,403 in 1910.
Geography
Cain Township is located in the east–central part of the county. Montgomery County borders it to the east. Cain Township covers an area of 40.01 square miles (103.6 km²); 0.03 square mile (0.0776996433 km²) (0.07 percent) of this is water. There is a single settlement in the township: the town of Hillsboro, which has a population of about 500 (about half the township's total population). This lies at the intersection of the east–west U.S. Route 136U.S. Route 136
U.S. Highway 136 is a spur of U.S. Highway 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of 804 miles .-Nebraska:...
and the north–south Indiana State Road 341
Indiana State Road 341
State Road 341 in the U.S. state of Indiana is a north–south state highway in Fountain County in the west-central part of the state.-Route description:...
, in the northern part of the township. Interstate 74
Interstate 74
Interstate 74 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Its western end is at an intersection with Interstate 80 in Davenport, Iowa; the eastern end of its Midwest segment is at an intersection with Interstate 75 in Cincinnati, Ohio...
passes from east to west less than 1 miles (1.6 km) north of Hillsboro. Indiana State Road 32
Indiana State Road 32
State Road 32 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east–west highway in central Indiana that crosses the entire state, covering a distance of about .-Route description:...
runs along a portion of the southern border of the township.