Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana
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|image_skyline = Mississinewa Battlefield cemetery.jpg
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|image_caption = Cemetery at the Mississinewa Battlefield
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|map_caption = Location of Pleasant Township in Grant County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Grant
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|government_type = Indiana township
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|area_total_sq_mi = 35.11
|area_land_sq_mi = 34.83
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.28
|area_water_percent = 0.80
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Pleasant_township,_Grant_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1805360372 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 26, 2024}}
|population_total = 7023
|population_density_sq_mi = 195.1
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|elevation_m = 252
|elevation_ft = 827
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Pleasant Township is one of thirteen townships in Grant County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,797 and it contained 3,166 housing units.{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18053
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212201244/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18053
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2020-02-12
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1
|publisher=United States Census
|accessdate=2013-05-10
}}
History
The Meshingomesia Cemetery and Indian School Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20130118.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2013-01-18|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 1/07/13 through 1/11/13|publisher=National Park Service}}
Geography
=Cities and towns=
=Unincorporated towns=
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
=Adjacent townships=
- Liberty Township, Wabash County (north)
- Washington Township (east)
- Center Township (southeast)
- Franklin Township (south)
- Sims Township (southwest)
- Richland Township (west)
- Waltz Township, Wabash County (northwest)
=Cemeteries=
The township contains two cemeteries: Maple Grove and Meshingomesia.
=Major highways=
- {{Jct|state=IN|SR|15}}
- {{Jct|state=IN|SR|18}}
References
- [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513095013/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
External links
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- [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
{{Grant County, Indiana}}
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Category:Townships in Grant County, Indiana
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