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Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Jefferson

Elevation
  
226 m

Local time
  
Tuesday 1:47 AM

State
  
Indiana

GNIS feature ID
  
0453786

Area
  
71.35 km²

Population
  
1,599 (2010)

Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

Weather
  
13°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 95% Humidity

Republican Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,599 and it contained 639 housing units.

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Map of Republican Township, IN, USA

Republican Township was created on March 12, 1817 by the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court. It has had the following post offices, which are no longer in operation: Hargan (June 4, 1884-July 29, 1898); Ramsey’s Mills (Dec. 19, 1832-Jan. 14, 1848); Swanville (June 10, 1847-Oct. 23, 1866) and (Jan. 8, 1867-Jan. 15, 1907). There is no active post office in the township.

Ramseys Mills Post Office was renamed Kent, which operated from Jan. 14, 1848 until March 26, 1965, when mail service was transferred to Madison.

Its active churches include the Kent Baptist, Christian and Methodist churches. Past churches include the Ebenezer Methodist (ca. 1840-?): New Liberty Methodist (ca. 1900-1995/90), Providence Methodist (ca. 1830-?), Sharon Hill Presbyterian (1845-after 1945); White River Baptist (1811-1886/87) and White River Christian (founded as a New Light church in 1817, moved to Kent where the Kent Christian Church is its successor).

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 27.55 square miles (71.4 km2), of which 27.44 square miles (71.1 km2) (or 99.60%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 0.40%) is water. The streams of Big Spring Creek, Chicken Run, Ramsey Creek and Thompson Branch run through this township.

Unincorporated towns

  • Kent
  • Swanville

    • Adjacent townships

  • Smyrna Township (northeast)
  • Hanover Township (east)
  • Madison Township (east)
  • Saluda Township (southeast)
  • Lexington Township, Scott County (southwest)
  • Graham Township (northwest)

    • Cemeteries

    The township contains cemeteries: Blankenship, Kent, Landon, Liberty, Lloyd, Scotland, Sharon Hill, Slippery Point and White River.

    Major highways

  • Indiana State Road 56
  • Indiana State Road 256
  • Indiana State Road 356

    • Airports and landing strips

  • Wilkersons Airport

    • References

    Republican Township, Jefferson County, Indiana Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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