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Union Township
Township
Location of Union Township
Coordinates: 40°2′39″N 85°7′41″W / 40.04417°N 85.12806°W / 40.04417; -85.12806
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Randolph
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	71.65 sq mi (185.6 km)
• Land	71.52 sq mi (185.2 km)
• Water	0.13 sq mi (0.3 km)
Elevation	1,148 ft (350 m)
Population
• Total	1,965
• Density	30/sq mi (10/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-77588
GNIS feature ID	453931

Union Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana, which contains the towns of Modoc and Losantville. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,965 (down from 2,142 at 2010) and it contained 902 housing units.

History

Union Township was established on 1 January 1951 from the merger of Nettle Creek Township and West River Township.

Confusingly, another Union Township was proposed in Randolph County in 1838. This Union Township was either short lived or was never formed. It would have consisted of the northern half of the existing West River Township

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 71.65 square miles (185.6 km), of which 71.52 square miles (185.2 km) (or 99.82%) is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km) (or 0.18%) is water.

Cities and towns

• Losantville
• Modoc

Unincorporated towns

• Huntsville at 40°04′16″N 85°04′20″W / 40.0711567°N 85.0721876°W / 40.0711567; -85.0721876
• Scott Corner at 40°05′31″N 85°07′37″W / 40.0919897°N 85.1269105°W / 40.0919897; -85.1269105
• Unionport at 40°07′15″N 85°05′47″W / 40.1208783°N 85.0963553°W / 40.1208783; -85.0963553

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

Cemeteries

Union Township has nine cemeteries:

• Buena Vista Cemetery
• Huntsville Cemetery
• Little Creek Cemetery
• Nettle Creek Baptist Cemetery
• Riverside Cemetery
• Salem Cemetery
• Scott Cemetery
• Union Baptist Cemetery
• Union Chapel Cemetery

Major highways

• U.S. Route 36
• U.S. Route 35
• Indiana State Road 1

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Union Township, Randolph County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
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. "The Star Press". Muncie Indiana. February 8, 1950. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Tucker, E. (1882). History of Randolph County, Indiana: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers : to which are Appended Maps of Its Several Townships. A.L. Klingman. p. 61.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Places adjacent to Union Township, Randolph County, Indiana
Perry-Delaware Stoney Creek-Randolph White River-Randolph Stoney Creek-Henry Union Township, Randolph County, Indiana Washington-Randolph Blue River-Henry, Dalton-Wayne Perry-Wayne Green-Wayne

v t e Municipalities and communities of Randolph County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Winchester
Cities	Union City Winchester
Towns	Albany‡ Farmland Losantville Lynn Modoc Parker City Ridgeville Saratoga
Townships	Franklin Green Greensfork Jackson Monroe Stoney Creek Union Ward Washington Wayne White River
CDPs	Fairview Spartanburg Windsor‡
Other communities	Arba Bartonia Bloomingport Buena Vista Carlos Crete Deerfield Georgetown Harrisville Haysville Corner Huntsville Maxville Mull New Lisbon New Pittsburg Pinch Randolph Rural Scott Corner Shedville Snow Hill South Salem Stone Unionport
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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• Townships in Randolph County, Indiana
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