Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°49′31″N 86°06′56″W / 40.82528°N 86.11556°W / 40.82528; -86.11556Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyMiamiOrganizedJune 1834Named forThomas JeffersonGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total32.57 sq mi (84.4 km²) • Land32.18 sq mi (83.3 km²) • Water0.39 sq mi (1.0 km²) 1.20%Elevation

^[1]

669 ft (204 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total2,419 • Density74/sq mi (29/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

46926, 46958, 46970

GNIS feature ID453490

Jefferson Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,419 (slightly up from 2,412 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 1,029 housing units.

History

Jefferson Township was organized in 1834.^[4] It is named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.57 square miles (84.4 km²), of which 32.18 square miles (83.3 km²) (or 98.80%) is land and 0.39 square miles (1.0 km²) (or 1.20%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Denver
Mexico
Peru (west edge)

Unincorporated towns

Courter at 40°50′13″N 86°03′47″W / 40.836987°N 86.063049°W / 40.836987; -86.063049
Doyle at 40°48′29″N 86°04′27″W / 40.808098°N 86.07416°W / 40.808098; -86.07416

Extinct towns

Stringtown

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Courter, Eel River Chapel, Green Lawn, Koontz and Westlawn.

Major highways

U.S. Route 31

Airports and landing strips

Peru Municipal Airport

School districts

North Miami Community Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 5th congressional district
State House District 23
State House District 24
State Senate District 18

References

"Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
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^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Jefferson Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 132.
^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 659.