Kent Township | |
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![]() Location of Kent Township in Warren County | |
![]() Location of Indiana in the United States | |
Coordinates: 40°11′44″N 87°28′32″W / 40.19556°N 87.47556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Warren |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 14.11 sq mi (36.5 km2) |
• Land | 14 sq mi (40 km2) |
• Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.78% |
Elevation | 692 ft (211 m) |
Population (
2020) | |
• Total | 452 |
• Density | 32/sq mi (12/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 ( Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP Code | 47993 |
Area code | 765 |
GNIS feature ID | 453524 |
Kent Township is one of twelve townships in Warren County, Indiana, United States. According to the 2020 census, its population was 452 and it contained 189 housing units. [2]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 629 | — | |
1900 | 615 | −2.2% | |
1910 | 540 | −12.2% | |
1920 | 466 | −13.7% | |
1930 | 414 | −11.2% | |
1940 | 435 | 5.1% | |
1950 | 372 | −14.5% | |
1960 | 398 | 7.0% | |
1970 | 387 | −2.8% | |
1980 | 504 | 30.2% | |
1990 | 467 | −7.3% | |
2000 | 421 | −9.9% | |
2010 | 428 | 1.7% | |
2020 | 452 | 5.6% | |
Source: US Decennial Census [3] |
Kent Township was created in September 1864 from a section of Mound Township. [4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 14.11 square miles (36.5 km2), of which 14 square miles (36 km2) (or 99.22%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 0.78%) is water. [5] It contains one town, State Line City, which is in the far western part of the township next to the Indiana / Illinois border.
The township contains Gopher Hill Cemetery [6] and Masonic Cemetery. [7]
Both Indiana State Road 63 and Indiana State Road 263 pass through the eastern part of the township from north to south. [8] [9]
A Norfolk Southern Railway line enters the township from Danville, Illinois and passes through State Line City, continuing northeast toward the county seat of Williamsport. [10]
Kent Township is part of the Metropolitan School District of Warren County. [11]
Kent Township has a trustee who administers rural fire protection and ambulance service, provides poor relief, 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. [12]
Kent Township is part of Indiana's 8th congressional district, Indiana House of Representatives District 42, [13] and Indiana State Senate District 38. [14]
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