Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana
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Mound Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 407 and it contained 199 housing units.[1]
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| Census | Pop. | Template:Sronly | %± |
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| 1890 | 515 | — | |
| 1900 | 509 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1910 | 456 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1920 | 356 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1930 | 370 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1940 | 347 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1950 | 317 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1960 | 350 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1970 | 404 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1980 | 483 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 1990 | 448 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2000 | 438 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2010 | 418 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| 2020 | 407 | Script error: No such module "String".% | |
| Source: US Decennial Census[2] | |||
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History
Mound Township was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827.[3]
Geography
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Cemeteries
The township contains these three cemeteries: Baltimore,[5] Rodgers[6] and Upper Mound.[7]
Transportation
U.S. Route 136 runs across the south part of the township, connecting Danville, Illinois to the west with Covington to the east.[8] Indiana State Road 63 runs from north to south in the eastern part of the township;[9] its child route of Indiana State Road 263 joins State Road 63 just north of the intersection with U.S. Route 136.[10] The Script error: No such module "convert". 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.[11][12]
Education
Mound Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[13]
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.[14]
Mound Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[15] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[16]
References
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- ↑ Warren County Historical Society 1966, p. 56.
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- United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles
Bibliography
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External links
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