Country United States County Benton Time zone EST (UTC-5) Elevation 227 m Population 241 (2010) | State Indiana Organized July 1840 FIPS code 18-57942 Local time Thursday 5:05 AM | |
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Weather -2°C, Wind E at 13 km/h, 80% Humidity Area 117.7 km² (117.6 km² Land / 3 ha Water) | ||
Parish Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 241 and it contained 101 housing units. It contains the unincorporated town of Freeland Park.
Contents
- Map of Parish Grove Township IN USA
- History
- Geography
- Unincorporated towns
- Adjacent townships
- Major highways
- References
Map of Parish Grove Township, IN, USA
History
Parish Grove Township was one of the county's original three created in 1840. The grove for which it is named grew close to the township's southeastern corner, near what is now the intersection of county roads 400 West and 300 South. It originally covered about 1,000 acres (4.0 km2) and contained an abundant variety of trees, including oaks, walnuts, hickory, dogwood, haw, paw paw, sycamore, quaking ash, ironwood, water beach, elm, linn, poplar, ash, sassafras, locust, etc. As late as 1924 there were 37 varieties growing in the grove.
Parish Grove was home to a group of local Pottawatomie Indians led by Chief Parish (real name Pierre Moran), the son of French trader Constant Moran and a Kickapoo woman. Parish died circa 1826 and is buried in the grove, though the grave is unmarked.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 45.44 square miles (117.7 km2), of which 45.42 square miles (117.6 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) (or 0.02%) is water. Almost all of Parish Grove Township is open farmland, divided into roughly square mile blocks by regularly spaced county roads. Its highest point, located in the extreme southeastern corner of the township, is 915 feet (279 m); the land slopes away and flattens to the northwest down to about 700 feet (210 m). Several small streams flow north and west toward Sugar Creek, including Mud Creek, Gretencord Ditch, Salmon Ditch, Finigan Ditch and Kult Ditch.