Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
39°34′23″N 85°16′33″W / 39.57306°N 85.27583°W / 39.57306; -85.27583[1]
(2020)[2]
Orange Township is one of nine townships in Fayette County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 736 and it contained 296 housing units.[4]
History
Orange Township was organized in 1822.[5] Many of its early settlers were natives of Orange County, North Carolina, hence the name.[6]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 21.17 square miles (54.8 km2), of which 21.14 square miles (54.8 km2) (or 99.86%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km2) (or 0.14%) is water.[4]
Cities and towns
- Glenwood (southeast edge)
Unincorporated community
- Orange
Adjacent townships
- Fairview Township (north)
- Connersville Township (northeast)
- Columbia Township (east)
- Laurel Township, Franklin County (southeast)
- Posey Township, Franklin County (south)
- Noble Township, Rush County (west)
- Union Township, Rush County (northwest)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Old Friends Church and Orange-North.
References
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ History of Fayette County, Indiana. Warner, Beers and Company. 1885. p. 217.
- ^ Barrows, Frederic Irving (1917). History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Bowen, B. F. p. 257.
External links
- Indiana Township Association
- United Township Association of Indiana
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Municipalities and communities of Fayette County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Connersville
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