Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Jordan Township

| settlement_type = Township

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| image_skyline = Stewart, Indiana - Combine.png

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| image_caption = Agricultural scene west of Stewart

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| image_map = Map highlighting Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana.svg

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| map_caption = Location of Jordan Township in Warren County

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| map_caption1 = Location of Indiana in the United States

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Indiana

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Warren

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| government_type = Indiana township

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| area_total_sq_mi = 40.56

| area_land_sq_mi = 40.55

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.02

| area_water_percent = 0.05

| population_as_of = 2020

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 220

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-05-09|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

| elevation_m = 216

| elevation_ft = 709

| coordinates = {{coord|40|21|01|N|87|27|49|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

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| area_code = 765

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Jordan Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 220 and it contained 96 housing units.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Jordan_township,_Warren_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1817139024 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=data.census.gov}} It is almost entirely agricultural and contains no incorporated towns.

{{US Census population

| footnote = Source: US Decennial Census{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/population/PopTotals/historic_counts_twps.asp|title = Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana}}

| 1890 = 577

| 1900 = 683

| 1910 = 844

| 1920 = 702

| 1930 = 767

| 1940 = 600

| 1950 = 544

| 1960 = 493

| 1970 = 428

| 1980 = 364

| 1990 = 313

| 2000 = 254

| 2010 = 247

| 2020 = 220

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History

Jordan Township was created in 1850 from a section of the adjacent Liberty Township. At this time the land was marshy and not considered very good for farming, and was used largely for grazing livestock. Starting around 1880, some of the higher ground began to be farmed, and as the population increased this was expanded. The grain grown was either fed to livestock or hauled by wagon to elevators at Ambia, West Lebanon, or Rossville, Illinois.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|40.56|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|40.55|sqmi}} (or 99.98%) is land and {{convert|0.02|sqmi}} (or 0.05%) is water.{{cite web |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18171 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202842/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18171 |archive-date=2020-02-12 |accessdate=2013-05-10 |publisher=United States Census}} The small town of Pence lies near the western edge of the township, which is also the Illinois border. An even smaller town, Stewart, is located about {{convert|2|mi}} east of Pence and now consists mainly of a grain processing facility. Near the southern border of the township lies the town of Hedrick. The town of Sloan once existed just east of Hedrick but no buildings now remain. Likewise, the town of Sycamore Corner was {{convert|2|mi}} east of Stewart at {{coord|40|21|36|N|87|26|04|W}} but is now entirely gone.

Image:Map of Jordan Township, Warren County, Indiana.svg{{clear left}}

=Cemeteries=

The township's only cemetery is Jordan Cemetery.{{cite gnis|437111|Jordan Cemetery|2011-01-27}} It lies just to the northeast of Pence at {{coord|40|22|1.21|N|87|30|25.05|W|type:landmark}}; the earliest marker there is from 1850.

Education

Jordan Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County.{{cite web

|url = http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115

|title = Corporation Snapshot, M S D Warren County #8115

|publisher = Indiana Department of Education

|accessdate = 2011-01-27

|url-status = dead

|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020706030312/http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapcorp.cfm?corp=8115

|archivedate = 2002-07-06

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Government

Jordan Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides relief to the poor, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms.{{cite web

|url=http://unitedtownships.org/?page_id=95

|title=Government

|publisher=United Township Association of Indiana

|accessdate=2011-01-06

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Jordan Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42,{{cite web

|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/complete_senate.pdf

|title=Indiana Senate

|publisher=State of Indiana

|accessdate=2013-12-02}} and Indiana State Senate District 38.{{cite web

|url=http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/complete_house.pdf

|title=Indiana House Districts

|publisher=State of Indiana

|accessdate=2013-12-02}}

References

{{cite gnis|0453519|Jordan Township|2009-09-24}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20170523020601/https://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/ United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles]