Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana

Helt Township is one of five townships

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 Vermillion County

Vermillion County, Indiana

Vermillion County lies in western Indiana between the Illinois border and the Wabash River. It was officially established in 1824 and was the 50th Indiana county to be formed. It is included in the Terre Haute, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The county seat is Newport.According to the 2010...

, Indiana

Indiana

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, USA

United States

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. 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 2,651.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, Helt Township covers an area of 72.17 square miles (186.9 km²); of this, 0.54 square miles (1.4 km²) or 0.75 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

Alta
Alta, Indiana
Alta is a town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States....
Highland
Highland, Vermillion County, Indiana
Highland is an unincorporated town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, USA.-Geography:Highland is located at , one mile west of the Wabash River and the Parke County town of Montezuma, and less than a mile northwest of Hillsdale....
Jonestown
Jonestown, Indiana
Jonestown is an unincorporated town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, USA.-Geography:Jonestown is located less than a mile east of the larger town of Saint Bernice....
Saint Bernice
Saint Bernice, Indiana
Saint Bernice is an unincorporated town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, USA. It had a population of 646 at the 2010 census....
Summit Grove
Summit Grove, Indiana
Summit Grove is an unincorporated town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, USA....

Extinct towns

Bono
Early Station
Hillsdale
Montezuma Station
Randall
Randall, Indiana
Randall is an extinct town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. The post office at Randall was established in 1858 and discontinued in 1872. Randall is also 1.6 miles west of another extinct town of Toronto, Indiana, on W County Road 700 S. The nearest extant community is...
Toronto
Toronto, Indiana
Toronto is an extinct town in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. The site is near the Illinois and Indiana border....
West Clinton
West Dana

Cemeteries

The township contains nine cemeteries: Andrews, Bales, Bogart, Dinsmore, Helts Prairie, Higbie, Highland, Hollingsworth and Pisgah.

Political districts

Indiana's 8th congressional district
Indiana's 8th congressional district
Indiana's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Southwest and west central Indiana, the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Terre Haute, Vincennes and Washington....
State House District 42
State Senate District 38

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