Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana
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| Coordinates: 40°11′44″N 87°28′32″W / 40.19556°N 87.47556°WCoordinates: 40°11′44″N 87°28′32″W / 40.19556°N 87.47556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Warren |
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| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14.1 sq mi (36.51 km2) |
| • Land | 13.99 sq mi (36.24 km2) |
| • Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.27 km2) 0.74% |
| Elevation | 686 ft (209 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 421 |
| • Density | 30.1/sq mi (11.6/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP Code | 47993 |
| Area code(s) | 765 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0453524 |
Kent Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 421.[1]
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[edit] History
Kent Township was created in September 1864 from a section of Mound Township.[2]
[edit] Geography
Kent Township covers an area of 14.1 square miles (37 km2); of this, 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) or 0.74 percent is water. It contains one town, State Line City, which is in the far western part of the township next to the Indiana / Illinois border.
[edit] Cemeteries
The township contains Gopher Hill Cemetery[3] and Masonic Cemetery.[4]
[edit] Transportation
Both Indiana State Road 63 and Indiana State Road 263 pass through the eastern part of the township from north to south.[5][6]
A Norfolk Southern Railroad line enters the township from Danville, Illinois and passes through State Line City, continuing northeast toward the county seat of Williamsport.[7]
[edit] Education
Kent Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.[8]
[edit] Government
Kent Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.[9]
Kent Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,[10] and Indiana State Senate District 38.[11]
[edit] References
- ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder
- ^ Warren County Historical Society 1966, p. 28.
- ^ "Gopher Hill Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:435216. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Masonic Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:439492. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "State Road 63". Highway Explorer. http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1063§ion=1. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ "State Road 263". Highway Explorer. http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1263§ion=1. Retrieved 2010-09-21.
- ^ "Indiana Railroads" (PDF). Indiana Department of Transportation. 2008. http://www.in.gov/indot/files/StateRailroadMap-08.PDF. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ "Corporation Snapshot, M S D Warren County #8115". Indiana Department of Education. http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
- ^ "Government". United Township Association of Indiana. http://unitedtownships.org/?page_id=95. Retrieved 2011-01-06.
- ^ "Indiana Senate Districts" (GIF). Stats Indiana. http://www.stats.indiana.edu/maptools/maps/boundary/legislative/state%20senate%20districts.gif. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
- ^ "Indiana House Districts" (GIF). Stats Indiana. http://www.stats.indiana.edu/maptools/maps/boundary/legislative/state%20house%20districts.gif. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
- "Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453524. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles
[edit] Bibliography
- Goodspeed, Weston A. (1883). "Part II. History of Warren County". Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company. pp. 31–156. http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028850010#page/n33/mode/2up. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- Clifton, Thomas, ed. (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. pp. 201–335. http://www.archive.org/stream/pastpresentoffou01clif#page/346/mode/2up. Retrieved 2010-09-19.
- Warren County Historical Society (1966). A History of Warren County, Indiana. Williamsport, Indiana.
- Warren County Historical Society (2002). A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary Edition). Williamsport, Indiana.
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