Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°27′34″N 85°39′46″W / 38.45944°N 85.66278°W / 38.45944; -85.66278CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyClarkGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total65.09 sq mi (168.6 km²) • Land64.49 sq mi (167.0 km²) • Water0.6 sq mi (2 km²)Elevation

^[1]

610 ft (186 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total15,146 • Density208.6/sq mi (80.5/km²)FIPS code18-12142^[3]GNIS feature ID453197

Charlestown Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,450 and it contained 5,382 housing units.^[4]

History

Charlestown Township was organized in 1817.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 65.09 square miles (168.6 km²), of which 64.49 square miles (167.0 km²) (or 99.08%) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) (or 0.92%) is water.^[4]

Cities and towns

Charlestown

Unincorporated towns

Otisco
Rolling Hills
Springville (extinct)

Adjacent townships

Oregon Township (north)
Owen Township (east)
Utica Township (south)
Silver Creek Township (southwest)
Union Township (west)
Monroe Township (northwest)

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains several cemeteries: Armstrong Cemetery, Baird Cemetery (a.k.a. King), Bottorff, Caldwell (a.k.a. Lutz/Prather), Carter, Charlestown, Coble, County Poor Farm, Crace, Douglas, Faris, Fifty-four, Goodwin, Goodwin/Nicholson, Hammond, Hester-Rowland, Kessler (a.k.a. Faris II), Long, Mathes, McCormick (a.k.a. McCullough), McDonald, Meloy, Montgomery, Otisco Cemetery (a.k.a. Seedtick), Pleasant Grove, Robertson, Robinson, Salem Methodist Church, Shelby Cemetery, Silver Creek Cemetery, St. Michael's, James Stuart Plantation, Weimer, and Worrell/Worrall.^[6]

References

"Charlestown Township, Clark 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

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^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.
^ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. pp. 9.
^ Mauk, Lois. "Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries". usgennet.org. USGenNet. Retrieved September 7, 2014.