Pleasant Township, Grant County, Indiana

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|official_name = Pleasant Township

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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

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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

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|35.11|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|34.83|sqmi}} (or 99.20%) is land and {{convert|0.28|sqmi}} (or 0.80%) is water. The stream of Jocinah Creek runs through this township.

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(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

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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]