Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Gilboa Township | |
|---|---|
| — Township — | |
 |
|
| Coordinates: 40°41′36″N 87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°WCoordinates: 40°41′36″N 87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Benton |
| Organized | December 1866 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.94 sq mi (93.08 km2) |
| • Land | 35.94 sq mi (93.08 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 761 ft (232 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 241 |
| • Density | 6.71/sq mi (2.59/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 18-27630[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 453330 |
Gilboa Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 241. It is named for Mount Gilboa, a prominence in the southern part of the township.[3]
Contents |
[edit] Geography
Gilboa Township covers an area of 35.94 square miles (93.1 km2).
[edit] Adjacent townships
- Center (southwest)
- Pine (south)
- Union (west)
- Carpenter Township, Jasper County (north)
- Princeton Township, White County (northeast)
- Round Grove Township, White County (southeast)
- West Point Township, White County (east)
[edit] Education
[edit] References
- "Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453330. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc.. pp. 21.
[edit] External links
|
||||||||||||||||||||
