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Ripley Township
Township
Location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 39°59′44″N 87°02′41″W / 39.99556°N 87.04472°W / 39.99556; -87.04472
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Montgomery
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	31.61 sq mi (81.9 km)
• Land	31.58 sq mi (81.8 km)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km)  0.09%
Elevation	781 ft (238 m)
Population
• Total	936
• Density	30/sq mi (11/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	47916, 47933, 47990
Area code	765
GNIS feature ID	453803

Ripley Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 936 (down from 977 at 2010) and it contained 417 housing units.

History

Abijah O'Neall II House and Yount's Woolen Mill and Boarding House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 31.61 square miles (81.9 km), of which 31.58 square miles (81.8 km) (or 99.91%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km) (or 0.09%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Alamo

Unincorporated towns

• Deer Mill at 39°56′51″N 87°03′20″W / 39.947543°N 87.055565°W / 39.947543; -87.055565
• Hibernia at 40°00′15″N 87°00′04″W / 40.004211°N 87.001119°W / 40.004211; -87.001119
• Taylor Corner at 40°01′30″N 87°00′58″W / 40.025043°N 87.01612°W / 40.025043; -87.01612
• Yountsville at 40°01′29″N 86°58′48″W / 40.024766°N 86.980008°W / 40.024766; -86.980008

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Fruits, O'Neal, Sparks, Stonebraker and Yountsville.

Landmarks

• Shades State Park (north quarter)

School districts

• South Montgomery Community School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 4th congressional district
• State House District 41
• State Senate District 23

References

• "Ripley Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
2. ^ "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.
3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
4. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• City-Data.com page for Ripley Township

v t e Places adjacent to Ripley Township, Montgomery County, Indiana
Wayne Township Jackson Township, Fountain County Ripley Township Union Township Howard Township, Parke County Brown Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Crawfordsville
City	Crawfordsville
Towns	Alamo Darlington Ladoga Linden New Market New Richmond New Ross Waveland Waynetown Wingate
Townships	Brown Clark Coal Creek Franklin Madison Ripley Scott Sugar Creek Union Walnut Wayne
CDPs	Lake Holiday Linnsburg Mace
Other communities	Ames Balhinch Beckville Bowers Browns Valley Cherry Grove Darlington Woods Deer's Mill Elmdale Fiskville Garfield Hibernia Kirkpatrick Lapland Manchester North Union Parkersburg Shannondale‡ Smartsburg Taylor Corner Wesley Whitesville Yountsville
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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