Richland Township, Benton County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Richland Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Richland Township in Benton County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Benton
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government_type = Indiana township
leader_title =
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established_title = Organized
established_date = December 1868

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area_total_km2 = 93.15
area_land_km2 = 93.09
area_water_km2 = 0.07
area_total_sq_mi = 35.97
area_land_sq_mi = 35.94
area_water_sq_mi = 0.03

population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 709
population_density_km2 = 7.62
population_density_sq_mi = 19.73

timezone = EST
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 238
elevation_ft = 781
latd = 40
latm = 41
lats = 18
latNS = N
longd = 87
longm = 22
longs = 37
longEW = W

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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-63990GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453789 453789]
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Richland 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."cite book
last = Birch
first = Jesse Setlington
title = History of Benton County and Historic Oxford
origyear = 1928
year = 1942
publisher = Craw & Craw, Inc.
location = Oxford, Indiana
pages = p. 21 ]

Geography

Richland Township covers an area of 35.97 square miles; 0.03 square miles (0.08 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

* Earl Park

Adjacent townships

* Center (southeast)
* Parish Grove (southwest)
* Union (east)
* York (west)
* Grant Township, Newton County (northeast)
* Jefferson Township, Newton County (northwest)

Major highways

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Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Dehner, Earl Park and Saint John.

References

* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]

External links

* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/counties/Benton.htm Indiana Township Association page for Benton County]