Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana
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|subdivision_name2 = Hendricks
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|area_total_km2 = 110.18
|area_land_km2 = 110.18
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|area_total_sq_mi = 42.54
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|area_water_sq_mi = 0
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|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Eel River Township, Hancock County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Eel_River_township,_Hendricks_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1806320530 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 21, 2024}}
|population_total = 1707
|population_density_km2 = 15.1
|population_density_sq_mi = 39.1
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|elevation_m = 280
|elevation_ft = 919
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Eel River Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,662.{{Cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |title=U.S. Census website |access-date=2008-07-20 }}
History
Eel River Township was organized in about 1828.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__Gw3AQAAMAAJ | title=History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions | publisher=B.F. Bowen | author=Hadley, John Vestal | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb__Gw3AQAAMAAJ/page/n73 70]}}
Geography
Eel River Township covers an area of {{convert|42.54|sqmi}}. The streams of East Fork Big Walnut Creek, Hunt Creek, Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek and Ramp Run run through this township.
=Cities and towns=
- Jamestown (south edge)
- North Salem
=Adjacent townships=
- Jackson Township, Boone County (north)
- Union Township (east)
- Center Township (southeast)
- Marion Township (south)
- Jackson Township, Putnam County (southwest)
- Clark Township, Montgomery County (west)
=Cemeteries=
The township contains sixteen cemeteries: Adams, Campbell, Devenport, Fairview, Fleece, Fullen, Gossett, Hypes, Kidd Farm, North Salem Baptist, Page, Pennington, Richardson, Roundtown, Trotter and Zimmerman.
=Major highways=
=Airports and landing strips=
- Reynolds Landing Strip
References
- {{cite gnis|0453274|Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana|2009-09-24}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064614/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
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