Jefferson Township, Morgan County, Indiana
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Jefferson Township is one of fourteen 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 Morgan County
Morgan County, Indiana
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 68,894. The county seat is Martinsville. Morgan is one of seven counties contiguous to Marion County, and is located between Indianapolis, in Marion County, and Bloomington, located in Monroe County...

, Indiana
Indiana
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, USA
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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 3,281.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Jefferson Township covers an area of 35.68 square miles (92.4 km²); of this, 35.47 square miles (91.9 km²) (99.39 percent) is land and 0.22 square mile (0.5697973842 km²) (0.61 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

  • Browns Crossing at 39.406436°N 86.5055524°W
  • Hyndsdale
    Hyndsdale, Indiana
    Hyndsdale is an unincorporated community in Jefferson Township, Morgan County, Indiana....

     at 39.4158805°N 86.4847184°W

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Bethlehem, Foster, Hynds, Mount Gilead, Schultz and Stout.

Major highways

  • Indiana State Road 44
    Indiana State Road 44
    State Road 44 in the U.S. State of Indiana begins in the west at State Road 37 in Martinsville and runs eastward to the Ohio state line in Union County. It passes through the following towns:- Route description :...

  • Indiana State Road 67
    Indiana State Road 67
    State Road 67 in the U.S. State of Indiana cuts a diagonal route from southwest to northeast across the state from the north side of Vincennes to Indianapolis to the Ohio state line, where it becomes State Route 29 east of Bryant.-Route description:...


Political districts

  • Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based primary in the central part of the state, the district consists of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion,...

  • State House District 47
  • State Senate District 37

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