Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana

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Shawswick Township
Township
Map highlighting Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.svg
Location in Lawrence County
Coordinates: 38°51′N86°26′W / 38.850°N 86.433°W / 38.850; -86.433
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana
County Lawrence
Government
 • Type Indiana township
 •  Trustee Millard Jones [1]
Area
 • Total69.87 sq mi (181.0 km2)
 • Land69.52 sq mi (180.1 km2)
 • Water0.34 sq mi (0.9 km2)  0.49%
Elevation
686 ft (209 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total20,647
 • Density294.4/sq mi (113.7/km2)
ZIP codes
47421, 47436, 47451
GNIS feature ID0453842

Shawswick Township is one of nine townships in Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 20,469 and it contained 9,653 housing units. [3]

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History

Shawswick Township was established in 1818. [4] The township was named from a combination of the surnames Shaw and Wick. Wick was the name of a judge and Shaw was the name of a war hero; the final name Shawswick was formed in a compromise. [5]

The Helton-Mayo Farm was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. [6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 69.87 square miles (181.0 km2), of which 69.52 square miles (180.1 km2) (or 99.50%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2) (or 0.49%) is water. [3]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these nine cemeteries: Beech Grove, Breckinridge, Crawford, Green Hill, Ikerd, Scoggan, Sherrill, Starr and Williams.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

School districts

Political districts

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References

  1. ↑ "Lawrence County Indiana - Government - Township Trustees".
  2. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. ↑ History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. pp.  59.
  5. ↑ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp.  61.
  6. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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