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Prairie Township
—  Township  —
Location in White County
Coordinates: 40°36′15″N 86°52′51″W / 40.60417°N 86.88083°W / 40.60417; -86.88083
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	White
Government
- Type	Indiana township
Area
- Total	66.55 sq mi (172.37 km2)
- Land	66.54 sq mi (172.33 km2)
- Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.03%
Elevation	686 ft (209 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	3,191
- Density	48/sq mi (18.5/km2)
ZIP codes	47920, 47923
GNIS feature ID	0453773

Prairie Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,191^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Prairie Township covers an area of 66.55 square miles (172.37 square kilometers); of this, 66.54 square miles (172.33 square kilometers, 99.98 percent) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 square kilometers, 0.03 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Brookston

Unincorporated towns

• Badger Grove at 40°35′01″N 86°57′49″W / 40.5836468°N 86.9636247°W / 40.5836468; -86.9636247
• Springboro at 40°35′40″N 86°46′33″W / 40.5944814°N 86.7758429°W / 40.5944814; -86.7758429

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

Adjacent townships

• Big Creek Township (north)
• Jefferson Township, Carroll County (northeast)
• Tippecanoe Township, Carroll County (east)
• Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County (south)
• Wabash Township, Tippecanoe County (southwest)
• Round Grove Township (west)
• West Point Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Carr, Chalmers, Harvey and Phebus, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Smelcer and Spring Creek.

Airports and landing strips

• Bartlett Airport

Rivers

• Tippecanoe River

School districts

• Frontier School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 4th congressional district
• State House District 15
• State House District 24
• State Senate District 07

References

• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• IndianaMap

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Indiana Township Association page for White County

Municipalities and communities of White County, Indiana County seat: Monticello Cities and towns Brookston | Burnettsville | Chalmers | Monon | Monticello | Reynolds | Wolcott Townships Big Creek | Cass | Honey Creek | Jackson | Liberty | Lincoln | Monon | Prairie | Princeton | Round Grove | Union | West Point Unincorporated communities Badger Grove | Bell Center | Buffalo | Cedar Point | East Monticello | Golden Hill | Guernsey | Headlee | Idaville | Indiana Beach | Lee | Norway | Round Grove | Seafield | Sitka | Smithson | Springboro