Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana

Eel River Township
Township
Location in Hendricks County
Coordinates: 39°52′19″N86°37′50″W / 39.87194°N 86.63056°W / 39.87194; -86.63056
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Hendricks
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	42.54 sq mi (110.18 km2)
• Land	42.54 sq mi (110.18 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	919 ft (280 m)
Population  (2020) [1]
• Total	1,707
• Density	39.1/sq mi (15.1/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453274

Eel River Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,662. ^[2]

History

Eel River Township was organized in about 1828. ^[3]

Geography

Eel River Township covers an area of 42.54 square miles (110.2 km²). The streams of East Fork Big Walnut Creek, Hunt Creek, Middle Fork Big Walnut Creek and Ramp Run run through this township.

Cities and towns

• Jamestown (south edge)
• North Salem

Adjacent townships

• Jackson Township, Boone County (north)
• Union Township (east)
• Center Township (southeast)
• Marion Township (south)
• Jackson Township, Putnam County (southwest)
• Clark Township, Montgomery County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains sixteen cemeteries: Adams, Campbell, Devenport, Fairview, Fleece, Fullen, Gossett, Hypes, Kidd Farm, North Salem Baptist, Page, Pennington, Richardson, Roundtown, Trotter and Zimmerman.

Major highways

• Interstate 74
• U.S. Route 136
• Indiana State Road 75
• Indiana State Road 234
• Indiana State Road 236

Airports and landing strips

• Reynolds Landing Strip

Education

It is in the North West Hendricks School Corporation. ^[4]

References

• "Eel River Township, Hendricks County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. "Census Bureau profile: Eel River Township, Hancock County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
2. "U.S. Census website" . Retrieved July 20, 2008.
3. Hadley, John Vestal (1914). History of Hendricks County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp.  70.
4. Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Hendricks County, IN (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 7, 2024. - Text list