Cass Township, Sullivan County, Indiana

Cass Township
Township
Location in Sullivan County
Coordinates: 39°05′07″N 87°17′40″W / 39.08528°N 87.29444°W / 39.08528; -87.29444Coordinates: 39°05′07″N 87°17′40″W / 39.08528°N 87.29444°W / 39.08528; -87.29444
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Sullivan
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	39.46 sq mi (102.2 km2)
• Land	37.8 sq mi (98 km2)
• Water	1.67 sq mi (4.3 km2)  4.23%
Elevation	531 ft (162 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,074
• Density	54.9/sq mi (21.2/km2)
ZIP codes	47438, 47848, 47882
GNIS feature ID	453168

Cass Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,074 and it contained 975 housing units.^[1]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 39.46 square miles (102.2 km²), of which 37.8 square miles (98 km²) (or 95.79%) is land and 1.67 square miles (4.3 km²) (or 4.23%) is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

• Dugger

Unincorporated towns

• Baker at 39°07′50″N 87°18′45″W / 39.130598°N 87.312517°W / 39.130598; -87.312517
• Cass at 39°05′13″N 87°16′43″W / 39.086987°N 87.278627°W / 39.086987; -87.278627
• Gambill at 39°02′56″N 87°15′35″W / 39.048933°N 87.259737°W / 39.048933; -87.259737
• Greenville at 39°08′27″N 87°18′07″W / 39.140875°N 87.301961°W / 39.140875; -87.301961
• Hawton at 39°07′35″N 87°18′40″W / 39.126431°N 87.311128°W / 39.126431; -87.311128
• Jericho at 39°03′41″N 87°17′51″W / 39.061432°N 87.297516°W / 39.061432; -87.297516
• Scotchtown at 39°04′30″N 87°17′52″W / 39.075043°N 87.297794°W / 39.075043; -87.297794
• Shiloh at 39°02′20″N 87°17′33″W / 39.038932°N 87.292516°W / 39.038932; -87.292516
• Stringtown at 39°03′12″N 87°17′51″W / 39.053377°N 87.297516°W / 39.053377; -87.297516

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

Extinct towns

• Caledonia at 39°05′56″N 87°20′06″W / 39.098931°N 87.335017°W / 39.098931; -87.335017
• Farnsworth at 39°05′57″N 87°19′25″W / 39.099209°N 87.323628°W / 39.099209; -87.323628

(These towns are listed as "historical" by the USGS.)

Adjacent townships

• Jackson Township (north)
• Wright Township, Greene County (east)
• Stockton Township, Greene County (southeast)
• Jefferson Township (south)
• Haddon Township (southwest)
• Hamilton Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Burris, Clayton Cemeteries (historical), Deckard, Dugger and Houck.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 54

Lakes

• Greenbriar Lake

School districts

• Northeast School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 8th congressional district
• State House District 45
• State Senate District 39

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• IndianaMap

1. 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

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

		Jackson Township
	Hamilton Township		Wright Township, Greene County
		Cass Township
	Haddon Township	Jefferson Township	Stockton Township, Greene County

Municipalities and communities of Sullivan County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Sullivan
Cities	Sullivan
Towns	Carlisle Dugger Farmersburg Hymera Merom Shelburn
Townships	Cass Curry Fairbanks Gill Haddon Hamilton Jackson Jefferson Turman
Unincorporated communities	Baker Baldridge Benefiel Corner Bucktown Campbell Corner Cass Curryville Dodds Bridge East Shelburn Fairbanks Gambill Gilmour‡ Glendora Graysville Greenville Hawton Jackson Hill Jericho Lewis‡ Massacre Merom Station New Lebanon Paxton Pleasantville Riverton Riverview Scotchtown Scott City Shiloh Standard Stringtown Wilfred
Ghost towns	Caledonia Farnsworth
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties