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Eagle Township
Township
Salem United Methodist Church, located in a rural part of the township
Location of Eagle Township in Boone County
Coordinates: 39°57′27″N 86°17′44″W / 39.95750°N 86.29556°W / 39.95750; -86.29556
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Boone
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	26.73 sq mi (69.2 km)
• Land	26.65 sq mi (69.0 km)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.2 km)
Elevation	928 ft (283 m)
Population
• Total	21,977
• Density	824.8/sq mi (318.5/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	18-19288
GNIS feature ID	453269

Eagle Township is one of twelve townships in Boone County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 21,977 and it contained 8,231 housing units.

History

Pryor Brock Farmstead, Maplelawn Farmstead, Traders Point Eagle Creek Rural Historic District, and Traders Point Hunt Rural Historic District are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 26.73 square miles (69.2 km), of which 26.65 square miles (69.0 km) (or 99.70%) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km) (or 0.34%) is water.

Cities and towns

• Zionsville
• Whitestown

Unincorporated towns or communities

• Eagle Village
• Royalton

Adjacent townships

• Perry (west)
• Union (north)
• Worth (northwest)
• Brown Township, Hendricks County (southwest)
• Clay Township, Hamilton County (east)
• Pike Township, Marion County (south)
• Washington Township, Hamilton County (northeast)

Major highways

• Interstate 65
• Interstate 465
• Interstate 865
• U.S. Route 421
• Indiana State Road 334

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Clarkstown, Cox, Jones, Lincoln Memory Gardens, Pitzer, Salem and Sheets.

References

• "Eagle Township, Boone County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. "Eagle Township, Boone County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
4. ^ "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.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
6. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/12/11 through 9/16/11. National Park Service. September 23, 2011.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of Boone County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Lebanon
City	Lebanon
Towns	Advance Jamestown‡ Thorntown Ulen Whitestown Zionsville
Townships	Center Clinton Eagle Harrison Jackson Jefferson Marion Perry Sugar Creek Union Washington Worth
CDP	Elizaville
Other communities	Big Springs Dover Eagle Village Fayette Fox Hollow Gadsden Hazelrigg Max Mechanicsburg Milledgeville New Brunswick Northfield Pike Rosston Royalton Shannondale‡ Stringtown Terhune Ward Waugh
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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