Brown Township, Montgomery County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Brown Township

Township

Location in Montgomery County

Coordinates: 39°54′34″N 87°00′23″W﻿ / ﻿39.90944°N 87.00639°W﻿ / 39.90944; -87.00639
Country|  United States
State|  Indiana
County| Montgomery
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 54.22 sq mi (140.4 km2)
• Land| 53.75 sq mi (139.2 km2)
• Water| 0.47 sq mi (1.2 km2)  0.87%
Elevation

[1]

| 801 ft (244 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total

| 1,617
• Density| 30/sq mi (12/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes|

47933, 47954, 47965, 47989

Area code| 765
GNIS feature ID| 453139

Brown Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,617 (down from 1,719 at 2010[3]) and it contained 705 housing units.[2]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 54.22 square miles (140.4 km2), of which 53.75 square miles (139.2 km2) (or 99.13%) is land and 0.47 square miles (1.2 km2) (or 0.87%) is water.[3]

### Cities, towns, villages

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* New Market (southwest corner)
* Waveland

### Unincorporated towns

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* Browns Valley at 39°54′11″N 86°59′31″W﻿ / ﻿39.9031°N 86.991954°W﻿ / 39.9031; -86.991954
* Sycamore Ford at 39°57′30″N 87°02′48″W﻿ / ﻿39.958377°N 87.046676°W﻿ / 39.958377; -87.046676

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

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these eight cemeteries: Indian Creek, Indian Creek Hill, Jones, Lydick, Maple Ridge, Old Hickory, Old Union and Wasson.

### Major highways

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* Indiana State Road 47

### Airports and landing strips

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* Shades State Park Airport

### Landmarks

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* Lake Waveland Park
* Shades State Park (southeast three-quarters)

## Education

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* South Montgomery Community School Corporation

Brown Township is served by the Waveland-Brown Township Public Library.[4]

## Political districts

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* Indiana's 4th congressional district
* State House District 28
* State Senate District 23

## References

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* "Brown 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. ^ a b "Census Bureau profile: Brown Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ "Indiana public library directory" (PDF). Indiana State Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

## External links

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* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana
* City-Data.com page for Brown Township

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Places adjacent to Brown Township, Montgomery County, Indiana

|  | Ripley Township | Union Township

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|  |
Howard Township, Parke County |

Brown Township

| Scott Township
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Greene Township, Parke County |
| Russell Township, Putnam County

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Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Crawfordsville

City|

* Crawfordsville

Map of Indiana highlighting Montgomery County

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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