Harrison Township, Cass County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°51′58″N 86°24′18″W / 40.86611°N 86.40500°W / 40.86611; -86.40500[1]
(2020)[2]
Harrison Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 747 (down from 802 at 2010[4]) and it contained 323 housing units.
History
Harrison Township was organized in 1836.[5] It was named for William Henry Harrison, who had served as Governor of the Indiana Territory, congressman, senator, and who would afterward serve as the ninth President of the United States.[6]
Geography
Harrison Township covers an area of 35.49 square miles (91.9 km2), all land.
Unincorporated towns
- Leases Corner
- Lucerne
Adjacent townships
- Wayne Township, Fulton County (north)
- Bethlehem (east)
- Clay (southeast)
- Noble (south)
- Jefferson (southwest)
- Boone (west)
- Van Buren Township, Pulaski County (northwest)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains four cemeteries: Crooked Creek, Grant, Old Indian Creek and Saint Elizabeth.
References
- "Harrison Township, Cass 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 January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Harrison Township, Cass County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Harrison township, Cass County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
- ^ Powell, Jehu Z. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 573.
- ^ Helm, Thomas B. (1878). History of Cass County, Indiana. Kingman Bros. pp. 34.
External links
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- Indiana Township Association
- United Township Association of Indiana