Union Township, Miami County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°53′59″N 86°07′27″W / 40.89972°N 86.12417°W / 40.89972; -86.12417Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyMiamiGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total21.82 sq mi (56.5 km²) • Land21.73 sq mi (56.3 km²) • Water0.08 sq mi (0.2 km²) 0.37%Elevation

^[1]

810 ft (247 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total764 • Density35/sq mi (14/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

46921, 46926, 46951

GNIS feature ID453925

Union Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 764 (down from 857 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 349 housing units.

History

Union Township was first settled in the spring of 1835.^[4] Union Township was organized in 1837.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 21.82 square miles (56.5 km²), of which 21.73 square miles (56.3 km²) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km²) (or 0.37%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns

Deedsville at 40°54′37″N 86°06′04″W / 40.91032°N 86.101106°W / 40.91032; -86.101106
Perrysburg at 40°53′52″N 86°08′58″W / 40.89782°N 86.149440°W / 40.89782; -86.149440

Extinct towns

Busaco

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Ebenezer, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mount Zion, Leedy and Weasaw.

Major highways

U.S. Route 31

School districts

North Miami Community Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 5th congressional district
State House District 23
State Senate District 18

References

"Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
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^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ ^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.
^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 146.
^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 276.