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Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
GNIS feature ID
  
453197

Population
  
13,450 (2010)

State
  
FIPS code
  
18-12142

Elevation
  
186 m

Local time
  
Friday 7:57 AM

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Weather
  
-2°C, Wind W at 13 km/h, 75% Humidity

Area
  
168.6 km² (167 km² Land / 155 ha Water)

Points of interest
  
Rose Island, Charlestown Family Activities, Tunnel Mill, Trail 3 Trailhead Charlesto, Nine Penny Branch St

Charlestown Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,450 and it contained 5,382 housing units.

Contents

Map of Charlestown Township, IN, USA

History

Charlestown Township was organized in 1817.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 65.09 square miles (168.6 km2), of which 64.49 square miles (167.0 km2) (or 99.08%) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (or 0.92%) is water.

Cities and towns

  • Charlestown
  • Unincorporated towns

  • Otisco
  • Rolling Hills
  • Springville (extinct)
  • Adjacent townships

  • Oregon Township (north)
  • Owen Township (east)
  • Utica Township (south)
  • Silver Creek Township (southwest)
  • Union Township (west)
  • Monroe Township (northwest)
  • Major highways

  • Indiana State Road 3
  • Indiana State Road 62
  • Indiana State Road 160
  • Indiana State Road 403
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains several cemeteries: Armstrong Cemetery, Baird Cemetery (a.k.a. King), Bottorff, Caldwell (a.k.a. Lutz/Prather), Carter, Charlestown, Coble, County Poor Farm, Crace, Douglas, Faris, Fifty-four, Goodwin, Goodwin/Nicholson, Hammond, Hester-Rowland, Kessler (a.k.a. Faris II), Long, Mathes, McCormick (a.k.a. McCullough), McDonald, Meloy, Montgomery, Otisco Cemetery (a.k.a. Seedtick), Pleasant Grove, Robertson, Robinson, Salem Methodist Church, Shelby Cemetery, Silver Creek Cemetery, St. Michael's, James Stuart Plantation, Weimer, and Worrell/Worrall.

    References

    Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana Wikipedia


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