Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Grant Township

Township

Location of Grant Township in Benton County

Coordinates: 40°31′12″N 87°22′41″W﻿ / ﻿40.52000°N 87.37806°W﻿ / 40.52000; -87.37806
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Benton
Organized| December 1868
Named for| Ulysses Grant
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total| 35.94 sq mi (93.1 km2)
• Land| 35.93 sq mi (93.1 km2)
• Water| 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)
Elevation

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| 751 ft (229 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total| 1,085
• Density| 30.1/sq mi (11.6/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code| 765
FIPS code| 18-28818[2]
GNIS feature ID| 453334

Grant Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,085 and it contained 470 housing units.[4] It was organized in December 1868 and was named for Ulysses Grant.[5]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 1,331| | —
1900| 1,547| | 16.2%
1910| 1,408| | −9.0%
1920| 1,424| | 1.1%
1930| 1,432| | 0.6%
1940| 1,384| | −3.4%
1950| 1,481| | 7.0%
1960| 1,449| | −2.2%
1970| 1,391| | −4.0%
1980| 1,202| | −13.6%
1990| 1,118| | −7.0%
2000| 1,142| | 2.1%
2010| 1,056| | −7.5%
2020| 1,085| | 2.7%
Source: US Decennial Census[6]

## Geography

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According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 35.94 square miles (93.1 km2), of which 35.93 square miles (93.1 km2) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) (or 0.03%) is water.[4]

### Cities and towns

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* Boswell

### Unincorporated towns

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* Chase

### Adjacent townships

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* Center (northeast)
* Hickory Grove (west)
* Oak Grove (east)
* Parish Grove (northwest)
* Pine Township, Warren County (southeast)
* Prairie Township, Warren County (southwest)

### Major highways

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* U.S. Route 41
* State Road 352

### Cemeteries

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The township contains three cemeteries: Boswell, Perigo and Smith.

### Education

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* Benton Community School Corporation

## References

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### Citations

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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. ^ "Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
4. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
5. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
6. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".

### Sources

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* "Grant Township, Benton 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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Grant Township, Benton County, Indiana.

* Indiana Township Association
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Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Fowler

Towns|

* Ambia
* Boswell
* Earl Park
* Fowler
* Otterbein‡
* Oxford

Map of Indiana highlighting Benton County

Townships|

* Bolivar
* Center
* Gilboa
* Grant
* Hickory Grove
* Oak Grove
* Parish Grove
* Pine
* Richland
* Union
* York

CDPs|

* Raub
* Templeton

Other
communities|

* Atkinson
* Barce
* Chase
* Dunnington
* Fargo
* Foresman
* Free
* Freeland Park
* Gravel Hill
* Handy
* Lochiel
* Powley Corners‡
* Swanington
* Talbot
* Wadena

Ghost towns|

* Dunn
* Sheff

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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