Anderson Township, Madison County, Indiana

Anderson Township
Township
Location in Madison County
Coordinates: 40°05′30″N 85°41′33″W / 40.09167°N 85.69250°W / 40.09167; -85.69250Coordinates: 40°05′30″N 85°41′33″W / 40.09167°N 85.69250°W / 40.09167; -85.69250
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Madison
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	37.25 sq mi (96.5 km²)
• Land	37.16 sq mi (96.2 km²)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km²) 0.27%
Elevation	863 ft (263 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	56,436
• Density	1,518.8/sq mi (586.4/km²)
ZIP codes	46011, 46012, 46013, 46016, 46017
GNIS feature ID	0453087

Anderson Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 56,436 and it contained 28,001 housing units.^[1] Aside from the exclaves of Country Club Heights, Woodlawn Heights and River Forest and the town of Edgewood, the entire township is within the city limits of Anderson.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.25 square miles (96.5 km²), of which 37.16 square miles (96.2 km²) (or 99.76%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (or 0.27%) is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

Communities

Brentwood at 40°05′51″N 85°42′55″W / 40.097541°N 85.715255°W / 40.097541; -85.715255
Crestlawn at 40°04′29″N 85°40′49″W / 40.074764°N 85.680254°W / 40.074764; -85.680254
Eastern Heights at 40°06′32″N 85°39′26″W / 40.108931°N 85.657198°W / 40.108931; -85.657198
Elmhurst at 40°05′52″N 85°43′17″W / 40.097819°N 85.721366°W / 40.097819; -85.721366
Extension Heights at 40°06′17″N 85°39′37″W / 40.104764°N 85.660254°W / 40.104764; -85.660254
Fairfax at 40°06′15″N 85°39′00″W / 40.104209°N 85.649976°W / 40.104209; -85.649976
Forest Hills at 40°07′25″N 85°41′48″W / 40.123653°N 85.696643°W / 40.123653; -85.696643
Glyn Ellen at 40°06′40″N 85°38′52″W / 40.111153°N 85.647754°W / 40.111153; -85.647754
Grandview at 40°07′06″N 85°42′30″W / 40.118375°N 85.70831°W / 40.118375; -85.70831
Gridley at 40°05′19″N 85°39′10″W / 40.088654°N 85.652754°W / 40.088654; -85.652754
Harmeson Heights at 40°03′31″N 85°41′32″W / 40.058653°N 85.692199°W / 40.058653; -85.692199
Hillcrest at 40°06′28″N 85°39′54″W / 40.10782°N 85.664976°W / 40.10782; -85.664976
Irondale at 40°05′55″N 85°39′27″W / 40.098653°N 85.657476°W / 40.098653; -85.657476
Lowmandale at 40°04′41″N 85°39′48″W / 40.078098°N 85.663309°W / 40.078098; -85.663309
Meadowbrook at 40°04′43″N 85°40′41″W / 40.078653°N 85.678032°W / 40.078653; -85.678032
South Edgewood at 40°05′50″N 85°43′58″W / 40.097263°N 85.732755°W / 40.097263; -85.732755
Western Village at 40°06′29″N 85°43′02″W / 40.108097°N 85.717199°W / 40.108097; -85.717199

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Booco, Maplewood, Moss, Pleasant Walk, Saint Marys, Vandeventer and West Maplewood.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

Community Hospital Airport
Rolling Hills Convalescent Center Airport

Landmarks

Hoosier Park Horse Track

School districts

Anderson Community School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 6th congressional district
State House District 35
State House District 36
State House District 37
State Senate District 25

References

"Anderson Township, Madison County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.

External links

Jackson Township
Lafayette Township

Richland Township

Stony Creek Township

Union Township

Anderson Township

Fall Creek Township

Adams Township

Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Anderson

Cities	Alexandria Anderson Elwood‡

Towns	Chesterfield‡ Country Club Heights Edgewood Frankton Ingalls Lapel Markleville Orestes Pendleton River Forest Summitville Woodlawn Heights

Townships	Adams Anderson Boone Duck Creek Fall Creek Green Jackson Lafayette Monroe Pipe Creek Richland Stony Creek Union Van Buren

Unincorporated communities	Alfont Alliance Bloomer College Corner Dundee Edgewood Village Emporia Fishersburg Florida Gridley Hamilton Hardscrabble Huntsville Leisure Linwood Moonville New Columbus Perkinsville Prosperity Rigdon Sunview West Elwood‡

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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