Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana

Wabash Township
Township
Location in Adams County
Location in Adams County
Coordinates: 40°36′52″N 84°56′15″W / 40.61444°N 84.93750°W / 40.61444; -84.93750
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyAdams
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
36.57 sq mi (94.7 km2)
 • Land36.13 sq mi (93.6 km2)
 • Water0.44 sq mi (1.1 km2)  1.20%
Elevation
823 ft (251 m)
Population
 (2020)[1]
 • Total
6,545
 • Density172.2/sq mi (66.5/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
46711, 46740, 47326
GNIS feature ID453962

Wabash Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana.[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,545, up from 6,223 at the 2010 census.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.57 square miles (94.7 km2), of which 36.13 square miles (93.6 km2) (or 98.80%) is land and 0.44 square miles (1.1 km2) (or 1.20%) is water.[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Bunker Hill Amish, Bunker Hill (Baker Family), Collins (Ceylon), Crawford (also known as Rawley or Prairie Burying), Cross/Kross Reformed (Hoffstetter), MRE (Mennonite Reformed Evangelical), Nussbaum Family (no longer exists), Riverside, Snow, Studebaker, and Westlawn (Pyle).

Major highways

Rivers

Lakes

  • Rainbow Lake

Landmarks

  • Lehman Park

School districts

  • South Adams Schools

Political districts

References

  • "Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
  • United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • United States National Atlas
  1. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  2. ^ "Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wabash township, Adams County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2013.