Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Parish 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
.
for which it's named grew close to the township's southeastern corner, near what is now the intersection of county roads 400 West and 300 South. It originally covered about 1000 acres (4 km²) and contained an abundant variety of trees, including oaks, walnuts, hickory, dogwood, haw, paw paw, sycamore, quaking ash, ironwood, water beach, elm, linn, poplar, ash, sassafras, locust, etc. As late as 1924 there were 37 varieties growing in the grove.
Parish Grove was home to a group of local Pottawatomie Indians led by Chief Parish (real name Pierre Moran), the son of French trader Constant Moran and a Kickapoo woman. Parish died on or around 1826 and is buried in the grove, though the grave is unmarked.
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 267. It contains the unincorporated town of Freeland Park
Freeland Park, Indiana
Freeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
.
History
Parish Grove Township was one of the county's original three created in 1840. The groveGrove (nature)
A grove is a small group of trees with minimal or no undergrowth, such as a sequoia grove, or a small orchard planted for the cultivation of fruits or nuts...
for which it's named grew close to the township's southeastern corner, near what is now the intersection of county roads 400 West and 300 South. It originally covered about 1000 acres (4 km²) and contained an abundant variety of trees, including oaks, walnuts, hickory, dogwood, haw, paw paw, sycamore, quaking ash, ironwood, water beach, elm, linn, poplar, ash, sassafras, locust, etc. As late as 1924 there were 37 varieties growing in the grove.
Parish Grove was home to a group of local Pottawatomie Indians led by Chief Parish (real name Pierre Moran), the son of French trader Constant Moran and a Kickapoo woman. Parish died on or around 1826 and is buried in the grove, though the grave is unmarked.
Geography
Parish Grove Township covers an area of 45.42 mi2; 0.01 square mile (0.0258998811 km²) (0.02 percent) of this is water. Almost all of Parish Grove Township is open farmland, divided into roughly square mile blocks by regularly spaced county roads. Its highest point, located in the extreme southeastern corner of the township, is 915 feet (278.9 m); the land slopes away and flattens to the northwest down to about 700 feet (213.4 m). Several small streams flow north and west toward Sugar Creek, including Mud Creek, Gretencord Ditch, Salmon Ditch, Finigan Ditch and Kult Ditch.Unincorporated towns
- DunningtonDunnington, IndianaDunnington is a small unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States, now virtually extinct. Named for John Dunn, it stands about one and a half miles west of its smaller sister town, Dunn...
- Free
- Freeland ParkFreeland Park, IndianaFreeland Park is an unincorporated town in Parish Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
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:...
(east) - GrantGrant Township, Benton County, IndianaGrant 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.-Geography:...
(southeast) - 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...
(south) - RichlandRichland Township, Benton County, IndianaRichland Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 709. Its name is a "reference to the rich land within its borders."-Geography:...
(northeast) - YorkYork Township, Benton County, IndianaYork Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 241. It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.-Unincorporated towns:* Raub...
(north)
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Indiana State Road 18Indiana State Road 18State Road 18 in the U.S. State of Indiana is an east–west route in North Central Indiana running from the Illinois border in Benton County almost to the Ohio border, terminating at U.S. Route 27 /State Road 67 in Jay County... -
Indiana State Road 71Indiana State Road 71State Road 71 in west-central Indiana consists of two discontinuous north–south segments of two-lane rural roadway near the Illinois border.-Southern section:...