Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana
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Kent Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 452 and it contained 189 housing units.[1]
History
Kent Township was created in September 1864 from a section of Mound Township.[2]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of Template:Convert, of which Template:Convert (or 99.22%) is land and Template:Convert (or 0.78%) is water.[3] It contains one town, State Line City, which is in the far western part of the township next to the Indiana / Illinois border.
Cemeteries
The township contains Gopher Hill Cemetery[4] and Masonic Cemetery.[5]
Transportation
Both Indiana State Road 63 and Indiana State Road 263 pass through the eastern part of the township from north to south.[6][7]
A Norfolk Southern Railway line enters the township from Danville, Illinois and passes through State Line City, continuing northeast toward the county seat of Williamsport.[8]
Education
Kent Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[9]
Government
Kent Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief, 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.[10]
Kent Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[11] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[12]
References
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Bibliography
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External links
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