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Ripley Township
—  Township  —
Location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 39°59′44″N 87°02′41″W / 39.99556°N 87.04472°W / 39.99556; -87.04472
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Montgomery
Government
- Type	Indiana township
Area
- Total	31.56 sq mi (81.74 km2)
- Land	31.53 sq mi (81.66 km2)
- Water	0.03 sq mi (0.07 km2)  0.09%
Elevation	768 ft (234 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	1,101
- Density	34.9/sq mi (13.5/km2)
ZIP codes	47916, 47933, 47990
GNIS feature ID	0453803

Ripley Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,101^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Ripley Township covers an area of 31.56 square miles (81.74 square kilometers); of this, 31.53 square miles (81.66 square kilometers, 99.9 percent) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.07 square kilometers, 0.09 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Alamo

Unincorporated towns

• Deer Mill at 39°56′51″N 87°03′20″W / 39.9475433°N 87.0555651°W / 39.9475433; -87.0555651
• Hibernia at 40°00′15″N 87°00′04″W / 40.0042106°N 87.0011194°W / 40.0042106; -87.0011194
• Taylor Corner at 40°01′30″N 87°00′58″W / 40.0250432°N 87.0161195°W / 40.0250432; -87.0161195
• Yountsville at 40°01′29″N 86°58′48″W / 40.0247655°N 86.9800081°W / 40.0247655; -86.9800081

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Fruits, O'Neal, Sparks, Stonebraker and Yountsville.

Landmarks

• Shades State Park (north quarter)

School districts

• South Montgomery Community School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 4th congressional district
• State House District 41
• State Senate District 23

References

• "Ripley Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453803. Retrieved 2009-09-27.  
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Indiana Township Association page for Montgomery County
• City-Data.com page for Ripley Township

		Wayne Township
	Jackson Township, Fountain County		Union Township
		Ripley Township
	Howard Township, Parke County	Brown Township

Municipalities and communities of Montgomery County, Indiana County seat: Crawfordsville Cities and towns Alamo | Crawfordsville | Darlington | Ladoga | Linden | New Market | New Richmond | New Ross | Waveland | Waynetown | Wingate Townships Brown | Clark | Coal Creek | Franklin | Madison | Ripley | Scott | Sugar Creek | Union | Walnut | Wayne Unincorporated communities Balhinch | Beckville | Bowers | Browns Valley | Cherry Grove | Darlington Woods | Deer's Mill | Elmdale | Fiskville | Garfield | Hibernia | Kirkpatrick | Lapland | Linnsburg | Log Cabin Crossroads | Mace | Manchester | North Union | Parkersburg | Shannondale | Smartsburg | Sycamore Ford | Taylor Corner | Wesley | Whitesville | Yountsville