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Union Township, Miami County, Indiana

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Union Township
Township
Location in Miami County
Location in Miami County
Country United States
State Indiana
CountyMiami
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total21.82 sq mi (56.5 km2)
 • Land21.73 sq mi (56.3 km2)
 • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.37%
Elevation
807 ft (246 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total857
 • Density39.4/sq mi (15.2/km2)
ZIP codes
46921, 46926, 46951
GNIS feature ID0453925

Union Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 857 and it contained 363 housing units.[1]

History

Union Township was first settled in the spring of 1835.[2] Union Township was organized in 1837.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 21.82 square miles (56.5 km2), of which 21.73 square miles (56.3 km2) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) (or 0.37%) is water.[1]

Unincorporated towns

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Ebenezer, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mount Zion and Weasaw.

Major highways

School districts

  • North Miami Community Schools

Political districts

References

  • "Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
  • United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles[permanent dead link]
  • IndianaMap
  1. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  2. ^ Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 146.
  3. ^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 276.
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