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Mound Township
—  Township  —
Location in Warren County
Coordinates: 40°08′52″N 87°28′12″W / 40.14778°N 87.47°W / 40.14778; -87.47
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Warren
Government
- Type	Indiana township
Area
- Total	16.79 sq mi (43.48 km2)
- Land	16.57 sq mi (42.93 km2)
- Water	0.21 sq mi (0.55 km2)  1.26%
Elevation	633 ft (193 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	438
- Density	26.4/sq mi (10.2/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
GNIS feature ID	0453656

Mound Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, USA. It was one of the original four created when the county was organized in 1827. As of the 2000 census, its population was 438.

Geography

Mound Township covers an area of 16.79 square miles (43.48 square kilometers); of this, 0.21 square miles (0.55 square kilometers) or 1.26 percent is water. The streams of Kitchen Creek and Possum Run run through this township.

Unincorporated towns

• Foster

Extinct towns

• Baltimore, which existed in the 19th century on the banks of the Wabash River

Adjacent townships

• Kent Township (north)
• Troy Township, Fountain County (east)
• Highland Township, Vermillion County (south)
• Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (west)
• Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Baltimore, Rogers and Upper Mound.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 136
• Indiana State Road 63
• Indiana State Road 263

Airports and landing strips

• Meade Airport

References

• "Mound Township, Warren County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453656. Retrieved 2009-09-24.  
• Warren County Historical Society (1966), A History of Warren County, Indiana.
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

• Indiana Township Association page for Warren County

	Newell Township, Vermilion County, Illinois	Kent Township
	Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois		Troy Township, Fountain County
		Mound Township
		Highland Township, Vermillion County

Municipalities and communities of Warren County, Indiana County seat: Williamsport Cities and towns Pine Village | State Line City | West Lebanon | Williamsport Townships Adams | Jordan | Kent | Liberty | Medina | Mound | Pike | Pine | Prairie | Steuben | Warren | Washington Unincorporated communities Carbondale | Foster | Green Hill | Hedrick | Independence | Johnsonville | Judyville | Kramer | Marshfield | Pence | Rainsville | Stewart | Tab | Winthrop