Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Grant Township is one of eleven townships
in Benton County, Indiana
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 1,142. It was organized in December 1868 and was named for Ulysses Grant.
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 Benton County, Indiana
Benton County, Indiana
Benton County is located along in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Indiana, along the border with Illinois. As of 2010, the county's population was 8,854. It contains six incorporated towns as well as several small unincorporated settlements; it is also divided into 11 townships which...
. 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 1,142. It was organized in December 1868 and was named for Ulysses Grant.
Geography
Grant Township covers an area of 35.9 square miles (93 km²); 0.01 square mile (0.0258998811 km²) (0.03 percent) of this is water.Adjacent townships
- CenterCenter Township, Benton County, IndianaCenter Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,854. It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.-Geography:...
(northeast) - Hickory GroveHickory Grove Township, Benton County, IndianaHickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 404. It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove that grew within its borders in the 19th century.-Unincorporated towns:* Dunn...
(west) - Oak GroveOak Grove Township, Benton County, IndianaOak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,694. It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840...
(east) - Parish GroveParish Grove Township, Benton County, IndianaParish Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 267. It contains the unincorporated town of Freeland Park.-History:...
(northwest) - Pine Township, Warren CountyPine Township, Warren County, IndianaPine Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 436.-History:Pine Township was established in March 1830. There were originally four townships in the county; Pine and Washington were the first two new townships to be...
(southeast) - Prairie Township, Warren CountyPrairie Township, Warren County, Indiana-External links:* *...
(southwest)
Major highways
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U.S. Route 41U.S. Route 41U.S. Route 41 is a north–south United States Highway that runs from Miami, Florida to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Until 1949, the part in southern Florida, from Naples to Miami, was U.S... -
Indiana State Road 352Indiana State Road 352State Road 352 in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west state highway in Benton County in the west-central part of the state.-Route description:...