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Butler Township, DeKalb County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
DeKalb

GNIS feature ID
  
453148

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:01 PM

State
  
Indiana

FIPS code
  
18-09550

Elevation
  
260 m

Population
  
1,691 (2010)

Butler Township, DeKalb County, Indiana

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 70% Humidity

Area
  
61.51 km² (61.36 km² Land / 16 ha Water)

Butler Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,691 and it contained 679 housing units.

Contents

Map of Butler Township, IN, USA

History

Butler Township was founded in 1837.

The William Cornell Homestead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.75 square miles (61.5 km2), of which 23.69 square miles (61.4 km2) (or 99.75%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km2) (or 0.25%) is water. Holiday Lakes is in this township.

Unincorporated towns

  • Butler Center
  • Cedar
  • New Era
  • Saint Johns
  • (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

    Adjacent townships

  • Keyser Township (north)
  • Jackson Township (east)
  • Cedar Creek Township, Allen County (southeast)
  • Perry Township, Allen County (south)
  • Eel River Township, Allen County (southwest)
  • Swan Township, Noble County (west)
  • Major highways

  • Interstate 69
  • State Road 3
  • State Road 205
  • State Road 327
  • References

    Butler Township, DeKalb County, Indiana Wikipedia