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Moral Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,577 and it contained 1,805 housing units.[3]

Moral Township
Township
Coordinates: 39°38′56″N 85°53′32″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Shelby
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.7 sq mi (95 km2)
• Land	36.56 sq mi (94.7 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [1]	794 ft (242 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	4,577
• Density	125.2/sq mi (48.3/km2)
FIPS code	18-50994[2]
GNIS feature ID	453652

Moral Township was organized before 1840.[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.7 square miles (95 km²), of which 36.56 square miles (94.7 km²) (or 99.62%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km²) (or 0.38%) is water.[3]

History

On September 9, 1969, Moral Township was the site of the deadliest air disaster in the history of Indiana. On that date, Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 Jetliner, Registration N988VJ, collided in mid air with a Piper PA-28 registration N7374J which was a light general aviation aircraft. After the collision, Flight 853 inverted and impacted a soybean field near London, Indiana at over 430 MPH. Of the 82 people on board the DC-9, there were no survivors. The pilot and sole occupant of the PA-28 were killed upon impact with the tail assembly of the DC-9. With a death toll of 83, to date this is still the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Indiana.[5]

Unincorporated towns

• Brookfield
• Green Meadows
• London
• London Heights
• Pleasant View
• Sugar Creek

References

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• History of London, Indiana

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