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Mound Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2010 census, its population was 418 and it contained 183 housing units.[2]

Mound Township
Township
Location of Mound Township in Warren County
Location of Indiana in the United States
Coordinates: 40°08′52″N 87°28′12″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Warren
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	16.79 sq mi (43.5 km2)
• Land	16.57 sq mi (42.9 km2)
• Water	0.22 sq mi (0.6 km2)  1.31%
Elevation [1]	640 ft (195 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	418
• Density	25.2/sq mi (9.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s)	765
GNIS feature ID	453656

History

Mound Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 16.79 square miles (43.5 km²), of which 16.57 square miles (42.9 km²) (or 98.69%) is land and 0.22 square miles (0.57 km²) (or 1.31%) is water.[2] The town of Foster is located just north of U.S. Route 136, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the township's southwestern border. Extinct communities in the township include Baltimore, which thrived on the banks of the Wabash River in the early 19th century, and Romine Corner. The streams of Kitchen Creek and Possum Run run through the township.

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Baltimore,[4] Rodgers[5] and Upper Mound.[6]

Transportation

U.S. Route 136 runs across the south part of the township, connecting Danville, Illinois to the west with Covington to the east.[7] Indiana State Road 63 runs from north to south in the eastern part of the township;[8] its child route of Indiana State Road 263 joins State Road 63 just north of the intersection with U.S. Route 136.[9] The 6-mile (10 km) Vermilion Valley Railroad serves the Flex-N-Gate factory near Covington and runs west from the plant through the town of Foster to meet a CSX line in Danville.[10][11]

Education

Mound Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[12]

Government

Mound Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides relief to the poor, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.[13]

Mound Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[14] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[15]

References

• "Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
• United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

Bibliography

• Goodspeed, Weston A. (1883). "Part II. History of Warren County". Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company. pp. 31–156. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
• Clifton, Thomas, ed. (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. pp. 201–335. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
• Warren County Historical Society (1966). A History of Warren County, Indiana. Williamsport, Indiana.
• Warren County Historical Society (2002). A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition). Williamsport, Indiana.

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