en Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana

Shawswick Township
Shawswick Township
Township
	Location in Lawrence County
	Coordinates: 38°51′N 86°26′W / 38.850°N 86.433°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lawrence
Government
• Type	Indiana township
• Trustee	Millard Jones
Area
• Total	69.87 sq mi (181.0 km2)
• Land	69.52 sq mi (180.1 km2)
• Water	0.34 sq mi (0.9 km2) 0.49%
Elevation	686 ft (209 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	20,647
• Density	294.4/sq mi (113.7/km2)
ZIP codes	47421, 47436, 47451
GNIS feature ID	0453842

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]

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

Bedford
Oolitic (vast majority)

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

Virgil I Grissom Municipal Airport

School districts

North Lawrence Community Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 9th congressional district
State House District 65
State Senate District 44

References

"Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

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

External links

[1] "Lawrence County Indiana - Government - Township Trustees".

[2020_Census-2] "Census Bureau profile: Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

[census-3] "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.

[nris-6] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana