York Township, Benton County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
York 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.
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 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
- RaubRaub, IndianaRaub is an unincorporated town in York Township, Benton County, Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...
- SheffSheff, IndianaSheff was the name of an interlocking tower that controlled the crossing of the New York Central railroad and the NYC subsidiary, Big Four railroad. It no longer exists. The site is in Benton County, Indiana, United States.-Geography:...
(extinct) - Yeagers Curve (extinct)
- Zadoc (extinct)
Adjacent townships
- 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:...
(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:...
(east) - Jefferson Township, Newton CountyJefferson Township, Newton County, IndianaJefferson Township is one of ten townships in Newton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,248.-External links:* *...
(north)
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 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:...