Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°57′44″N 85°00′19″W / 39.96222°N 85.00528°W / 39.96222; -85.00528CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyWayneGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total28.67 sq mi (74.3 km²) • Land28.57 sq mi (74.0 km²) • Water0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.35%Elevation

^[1]

1,102 ft (336 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,305 • Density42.8/sq mi (16.5/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code765GNIS feature ID453349

Green Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,222 and it contained 455 housing units.^[3]

History

Green Township was organized in 1821.^[4] Green Township was named for one John Green, a Native American.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 28.67 square miles (74.3 km²), of which 28.57 square miles (74.0 km²) (or 99.65%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (or 0.35%) is water.^[3] The streams of Collor Creek, Fruit Branch, Hopewell Run, Morgan Creek, Town Creek, Well Brook, William Creek and Williamsburg Creek run through this township.

Unincorporated towns

Williamsburg at 39°57′03″N 84°59′47″W / 39.9508797°N 84.9963524°W / 39.9508797; -84.9963524

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Washington Township, Randolph County (north)
New Garden Township (east)
Webster Township (southeast)
Center Township (south)
Clay Township (southwest)
Perry Township (west)
Union Township, Randolph County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Old Center, Old Concord and Williamsburg.

Major highways

U.S. Route 35

References

"Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Green Township, Wayne County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ ^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.
^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 221.
^ Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Western Historical Association. p. 85.