Richland Township, Madison County, Indiana

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Township in Indiana, United States

Richland Township

Township

Location in Madison County

Coordinates: 40°10′31″N 85°37′22″W﻿ / ﻿40.17528°N 85.62278°W﻿ / 40.17528; -85.62278
Country|  United States
State|  Indiana
County| Madison
Government

• Type| Indiana township
• Trustee| Doug Stein
• Fire Chief| Joshua Hendrick
• Indiana State Representative| Melanie Wright (D)
• Indiana State Senator| Mike Gaskill (R)
• US Congressional Representative| Victoria Spartz (R)
Area

• Total

| 27.91 sq mi (72.3 km2)
• Land| 27.7 sq mi (72 km2)
• Water| 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.72%
Elevation

| 889 ft (271 m)
Population

(2020)[1]

• Total

| 5,076
• Density| 172.4/sq mi (66.6/km2)
ZIP codes|

46001, 46012

GNIS feature ID| 0453796

Richland Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. At the 2010 census, its population was 4,775 and it contained 2,109 housing units.[2]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 27.91 square miles (72.3 km2), of which 27.7 square miles (72 km2) (or 99.25%) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (or 0.72%) is water.[2]

### Cities, towns, villages

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* Anderson (northeast edge)

### Unincorporated towns

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* Moonville at 40°11′38″N 85°36′05″W﻿ / ﻿40.193931°N 85.601364°W﻿ / 40.193931; -85.601364

## History

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Richland was organized in 1834. It was named from their productive farmland.[3]

## Volunteer Fire Department

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The Richland Township Volunteer Fire Department is located on County Road 500 N, just east of Alexandria Pike on the west-central side of the township. The fire department provides fire suppression, rescue, and basic life support services to all of Richland Township and mutual aid services to surrounding areas. The fire department is staffed by approximately 35 volunteer members who are trained in fire suppression, emergency medical services, and rescue. The fire department has seven pieces of apparatus: one fire engine (Engine 48), two 3,000-gallon tankers (Engine/Tanker 40 & Tanker 44), one Medium Rescue (Rescue 49), one Grass truck (Grass 47) and two transporting BLS ambulances (Ambulances 45 and 46). Richland is also the home of the Madison County Hazardous Materials Decontamination Team (Decon 40), which has a fully equipped decon trailer, including a mass decontamination tent. The fire department responds to approximately 400-450 calls for service per year.

The Richland Township Fire Department was established in 1970.

The fire department is dispatched from the Madison County Central Dispatch located in Anderson. The department is addressed on the radio as "Station 40".

The Richland Township Volunteer has had one line-of-duty death, in the 1980s; Donald Lindzy.

## Cemeteries

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The township contains these six cemeteries: Funk, Heagy, Holson, Moonville, Nelson, and Wesley Chapel.

## Major highways

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* Indiana State Road 9

## Waterways and bodies of water

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* Killbuck Creek

Running SW through the township, enters Richland Township near County Road 500 E and County Road 700 N and exits the township near County Road 240 North and Scatterfield Road, just before emptying into the White River.

* Little Killbuck Creek

Running SSW through the township, enters Richland Township near County Road 800 N and County Road 200 E and empties into the Killbuck Creek near County Road 240 N and Scatterfield Road.

* Prosperity Lake

Located just north of County Road 500 N and just east of Alexandria Pike; situated along Little Killbuck Creek.

* Several private ponds

## School districts

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* Anderson Community School Corporation

## Golf course

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* Killbuck Golf Course - CLOSED

## Political districts

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* Indiana's 5th congressional district
* State House District 35
* State House District 36
* State Senate District 26

## References

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* Helm, Thomas B. History of Madison County, Indiana, with ... Biographical Sketches ... Chicago: Kingman, 1880. Print.
* Madison County Cemeteries Commission
* "Richland Township, Madison County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
* United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* IndianaMap

1. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Richland Township, Madison County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Forkner, John La Rue & Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humprheys & Co. p. 927.

## External links

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* Madison County Cemeteries Commission
* Indiana Fire Trucks-Richland Township
* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana
* City-Data.com page for Richland Township

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Places adjacent to Richland Township, Madison County, Indiana

|  | Monroe Township | Harrison Township, Delaware County

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Lafayette Township |

Richland Township

| Mount Pleasant Township, Delaware County
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Anderson Township | Union Township | Salem Township, Delaware County

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Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Anderson

Cities|

* Alexandria
* Anderson
* Elwood‡

Map of Indiana highlighting Madison County

Towns|

* Chesterfield‡
* Country Club Heights
* Edgewood
* Frankton
* Ingalls
* Lapel
* Markleville
* Orestes
* Pendleton
* River Forest
* Summitville
* Woodlawn Heights

Townships|

* Adams
* Anderson
* Boone
* Duck Creek
* Fall Creek
* Green
* Jackson
* Lafayette
* Monroe
* Pipe Creek
* Richland
* Stony Creek
* Union
* Van Buren

CDPs|

* Fishersburg
* Perkinsville

Other
communities|

* Alfont
* Alliance
* Bloomer
* Dundee
* Emporia
* Florida
* Hamilton
* Hardscrabble
* Huntsville
* Leisure
* Linwood
* Moonville
* New Columbus
* Prosperity
* Rigdon
* Sunview

Footnotes|

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

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