Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana

Pine Township
Township
Location of Pine Township in Warren County
Location of Indiana in the United States
Coordinates: 40°25′40″N87°19′12″W / 40.42778°N 87.32000°W / 40.42778; -87.32000
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Warren
Established	March 1830
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.16 sq mi (93.7 km2)
• Land	36.15 sq mi (93.6 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.026 km2)  0.03%
Elevation [1]	679 ft (207 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	499
• Density	13.8/sq mi (5.33/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	765
GNIS feature ID	453740

Pine Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 499 and it contained 223 housing units. ^[2]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	876		—
1900	851		−2.9%
1910	712		−16.3%
1920	644		−9.6%
1930	563		−12.6%
1940	641		13.9%
1950	569		−11.2%
1960	578		1.6%
1970	489		−15.4%
1980	442		−9.6%
1990	446		0.9%
2000	436		−2.2%
2010	481		10.3%
2020	499		3.7%
Source: US Decennial Census [3]

History

Pine Township was established in March 1830. There were originally four townships in the county; Pine and Washington were the first two new townships to be created. ^[4]

Van Reed Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. ^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.16 square miles (93.7 km²), of which 36.15 square miles (93.6 km²) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (or 0.03%) is water. ^[6] Its only town is Rainsville, though a tiny hamlet named Brisco once existed to its west. Other extinct towns include Hooker Corner, Point Pleasant and Rocky Ford. The streams of Mud Pine Creek, Spring Branch and Stoney Creek run through this township.

Map of Pine Township

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Brisco, ^[7] Gray, ^[8] Hooker, ^[9] Jones, ^[10] Rainsville ^[11] and Van Reed. ^[12]

Transportation

U.S. Route 41 runs from north to south in the far western part of the township on its way to Attica. ^[13] Indiana State Road 26 winds its way across the north part of the township on its route from the Illinois state line to Pine Village. ^[14]

Education

Pine Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County. ^[15]

Government

Pine Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides relief to the poor, manages cemetery care, and performs farm assessment, among other duties. The trustee is assisted in these duties by a three-member township board. The trustees and board members are elected to four-year terms. ^[16]

Pine Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42, ^[17] and Indiana State Senate District 38. ^[18]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
2. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
3. "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
4. Warren County Historical Society 1966, p. 81.
5. "National Register of Historic Places Listings" (PDF). Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/14/15 through 9/18/15. National Park Service. September 25, 2015.
6. "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.
7. "Brisco Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
8. "Gray Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
9. "Hooker Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
10. "Jones Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
11. "Rainsville Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
12. "Van Reed Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved February 5, 2011.
13. "U.S. Route 41". Highway Explorer. Archived from the original on December 7, 2010. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
14. "State Road 26". Highway Explorer. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
15. "Corporation Snapshot, M S D Warren County #8115". Indiana Department of Education. Archived from the original on July 6, 2002. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
16. "Government". United Township Association of Indiana. Retrieved January 6, 2011.
17. "Indiana Senate" (PDF). State of Indiana. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
18. "Indiana House Districts" (PDF). State of Indiana. Retrieved December 2, 2013.

• "Pine Township, Warren County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line Shapefiles

Bibliography

• Goodspeed, Weston A. (1883). "Part II. History of Warren County". Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Chicago: F. A. Battey and Company. pp. 31–156. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
• Clifton, Thomas, ed. (1913). Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. pp. 201–335. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
• Warren County Historical Society (1966). A History of Warren County, Indiana. Williamsport, Indiana.
• Warren County Historical Society (2002). A History of Warren County, Indiana (175th Anniversary ed.). Williamsport, Indiana.