Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana
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| Licking Township | |
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| Coordinates: 40°26′00″N 85°23′14″W / 40.4333333°N 85.38722°WCoordinates: 40°26′00″N 85°23′14″W / 40.4333333°N 85.38722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Blackford |
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| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 41.42 sq mi (107.28 km2) |
| • Land | 41.29 sq mi (106.94 km2) |
| • Water | 0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 873 ft (266 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 8,689 |
| • Density | 210.44/sq mi (81.25/km2) |
| FIPS code | 18-43650[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 453568 |
Licking Township is one of four townships in Blackford County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 8,689. The township was named after Lick Creek and a salt lick in the area. The first settlers in what became Blackford County arrived in the Lick Creek area in 1831.[3]
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[edit] Geography
Licking Township covers an area of 41.42 square miles (107.3 km2); 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) (0.31 percent) of this is water. Cains Lake and Lake Mohee are in this township. Lick Creek runs through it.
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The township contains at least seven cemeteries: Cunningham, Greenlawn, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lion, Sprague, Stewart, and Willman (a.k.a. Hartford City Cemetery).
[edit] Notes
- ^ "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.
- ^ See “A History of Blackford County, Indiana…”, page 140.
[edit] References
- A History of Blackford County, Indiana : with historical accounts of the county, 1838-1986 [and] histories of families who have lived in the county.. Hartford City, Indiana: Blackford County Historical Society. 1986. pp. 302. OCLC 15144953.
- Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana: Containing ... portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Jay and Blackford Counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families and a concise history of Jay and Blackford Counties and their cities and villages. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. pp. 901. OCLC 15560416. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/FH26&CISOPTR=36087&CISOSHOW=35182.
- "Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453568. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
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