Guilford Township, Hendricks County, Indiana

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Guilford Township
Township
Map highlighting Guilford Township, Hendricks County, Indiana.svg
Location in Hendricks County
Coordinates: 39°40′28″N86°22′56″W / 39.67444°N 86.38222°W / 39.67444; -86.38222
Country United States
State Indiana
County Hendricks
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total35.93 sq mi (93.06 km2)
 • Land35.8 sq mi (92.72 km2)
 • Water0.13 sq mi (0.34 km2)  0.37%
Elevation
725 ft (221 m)
Population
 (2020) [1]
 • Total33,797
 • Density777.8/sq mi (300.3/km2)
GNIS feature ID0453358

Guilford Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 27,844. [2]

Contents

History

Guilford was the first settled township in Hendricks County. [3] In 1820 Samuel Herriman, James Dunn, Bat Ramsey, Harris Bay, John W. Bryant, and George Moore settled on White Lick Creek near the Morgan County line. [4] Many of the first settlers to arrive in the township were Quakers from Guilford County, North Carolina, and named the township after their old home. [5]

The Joel Jessup Farm, Noah and Hannah Hadley Kellum House, Kellum-Jessup-Chandler Farm, and Sugar Grove Meetinghouse and Cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [6]

An unnamed Black settlement existed in Guilford Township beginning in the 19th century. Several black families lived in the area between Plainfield and Mooresville and established a non-denominational church along White Lick Creek, as well as a colored school before 1870. [7]

Geography

Guilford Township covers an area of 35.93 square miles (93.1 km2); of this, 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) or 0.37 percent is water. The streams of Black Creek, Clarks Creek, Guilford Branch, Hendricks Creek, Leg Creek, Middle Creek, Moore Creek, Penns Run, Rail Run, Rock Creek, Rogers Creek and West Fork Hendricks Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains three active cemeteries: Maple Hill, Sugar Grove and Fairfield Friends. There are four historical cemeteries in the township that have been moved or are no longer in use: the Indiana Boys' School, Lick Branch, Ramsey Family, and White Lick Friends. [8]

Major highways

Education

Guilford Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Plainfield-Guilford Township Public Library in Plainfield. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Guilford Township, Hancock County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  3. ↑ History of Hendricks County, Indiana, Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History, Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1885.
  4. ↑ Hadley, John V. (1914). History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc. pp. 75–76.
  5. ↑ Balough, Linda (1999). A Pictorial History of Hendricks County, Indiana. Virginia Beach, Virginia: The Donning Company. p. 16. ISBN   1578640741.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Early Black Settlements by County". Indiana Historical Society. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  8. ↑ Guilford Township Cemeteries. Danville, Indiana: County Seat Genealogical Society. 2004. pp. 2–3.
  9. ↑ "Get a library card". Plainfield-Guilford Twp Public Library. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
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