Union Township, Miami County, Indiana

Union Township
Township

Location in Miami County
Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 86°07′27″W / 40.89972°N 86.12417°W / 40.89972; -86.12417Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 86°07′27″W / 40.89972°N 86.12417°W / 40.89972; -86.12417
Country  United States
State  Indiana
County Miami
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total 21.82 sq mi (56.5 km2)
 • Land 21.73 sq mi (56.3 km2)
 • Water 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2)  0.37%
Elevation 807 ft (246 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 857
 • Density 39.4/sq mi (15.2/km2)
ZIP codes 46921, 46926, 46951
GNIS feature ID 0453925

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

Political districts

References

  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.
  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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