Halbert Township, Martin County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Halbert Township is one of six townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 in Martin County
Martin County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 10,369 people, 4,183 households, and 2,877 families residing in the county. The population density was 31 people per square mile . There were 4,729 housing units at an average density of 14 per square mile...

, Indiana
Indiana
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, USA
United States
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. 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 1,721.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Halbert Township covers an area of 52.33 square miles (135.5 km²); of this, 51.89 square miles (134.4 km²) (99.16 percent) is land and 0.44 square miles (1.1 km²) (0.84 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

  • Ironton
    Ironton, Indiana
    Ironton is an unincorporated town in Halbert Township, Martin County, Indiana....

     at 38.6622737°N 86.7752757°W
  • Lacy
    Lacy, Indiana
    Lacy is an unincorporated town in Halbert Township, Martin County, Indiana....

     at 38.633663°N 86.7763863°W
  • Natchez
    Natchez, Indiana
    Natchez is an unincorporated community in Halbert Township, Martin County, Indiana.-Geography:Natchez is located at along U.S. Route 150 in the Hoosier National Forest....

     at 38.6172749°N 86.7108284°W
  • Willow Valley
    Willow Valley, Indiana
    Willow Valley is an unincorporated town in Halbert Township, Martin County, Indiana.-Geography:Willow Valley is located at ....

     at 38.6939402°N 86.7197191°W

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Acre, Baxter, Elliott, Hawkins and Union.

Major highways

  • U.S. Route 50
    U.S. Route 50
    U.S. Route 50 is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California. Until 1972, when it was replaced by Interstate Highways west of the Sacramento area, it extended to San Francisco, near...

  • U.S. Route 150
    U.S. Route 150
    U.S. Route 150 is a 571 mile long northwest-southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky .-Illinois:In the state of Illinois, U.S. 150 runs from the Quad City International Airport at U.S...

  • Indiana State Road 550
    Indiana State Road 550
    State Road 550 exists in two portions. The western section is completely within Knox County and has a western terminus east of Emison at U.S. Route 41/U.S. Route 150 and runs southeasterly to the U.S...


Political districts

  • Indiana's 8th congressional district
    Indiana's 8th congressional district
    Indiana's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Southwest and west central Indiana, the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Terre Haute, Vincennes and Washington....

  • State House District 62
  • State House District 63
  • State Senate District 48

External links

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