Fremont Township, Steuben County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Fremont Township is one of twelve townships
in Steuben County
, Indiana
, USA
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 2,467.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
in Steuben County
Steuben County, Indiana
Steuben County is a county located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 34,185. The county seat is Angola...
, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...
, USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 2,467.
Geography
Fremont Township covers an area of 23.19 square miles (60.1 km²); of this, 0.21 square mile (0.5438975031 km²) or 0.88 percent is water. Lakes in this township include Eaton Lake, Fish Lake and Walters Lake.Cemeteries
The township contains four cemeteries: Bower, Coventer (also known as Ray Cemetery), Lakeside, and Fremont Cemetery (listed by the USGS as "The Old Cemetery").Major highways
- Interstate 80Interstate 80Interstate 80 is the second-longest Interstate Highway in the United States, following Interstate 90. It is a transcontinental artery running from downtown San Francisco, California to Teaneck, New Jersey in the New York City Metropolitan Area...
- Indiana State Road 120Indiana State Road 120State Road 120 in the U.S. state of Indiana is an east–west state highway located close to the Michigan border. It runs from Elkhart in the west to the Michigan border at the eastern edge of Indiana.-Route description:...
- Indiana State Road 827Indiana State Road 827State Road 827 is a short southwest-to-northeast highway that lies entirely within Steuben County in the northeast corner of the U.S. State of Indiana.-Route description:State Road 827 begins at State Road 127 within the town of Angola...