Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Shawswick Township is one of nine 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 Lawrence County
Lawrence County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,922 people, 18,535 households, and 13,141 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 20,560 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, 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 20,598.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Shawswick Township covers an area of 69.9 square miles (181 km²); of this, 69.49 square miles (180 km²) (99.41 percent) is land and 0.41 square miles (1.1 km²) (0.59 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

  • Bedford
    Bedford, Indiana
    As of the census of 2000, there were 13,768 people, 6,054 households, and 3,644 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,157.1 people per square mile . There were 6,618 housing units at an average density of 556.2 per square mile...

  • Oolitic
    Oolitic, Indiana
    Oolitic is a town in Indian Creek and Shawswick townships, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,184 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Oolitic is located at ....

     (vast majority)

Unincorporated towns

  • Crawford at 38.8458849°N 86.397212°W
  • East Oolitic
    East Oolitic, Indiana
    East Oolitic is an unincorporated town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana.-Geography:East Oolitic, Indiana is located at  / 38.89889°N 86.51194°W / 38.89889; -86.51194, in Lawrence County approximately two miles north of Bedford, and one half mile east of Oolitic...

     at 38.898939°N 86.5119383°W
  • Englewood at 38.8444953°N 86.4980485°W
  • Erie
    Erie, Lawrence County, Indiana
    Erie is an unincorporated town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

     at 38.8825513°N 86.3813786°W
  • Riverview at 38.8422728°N 86.5416608°W
  • Shawswick
    Shawswick, Indiana
    Shawswick is an unincorporated town in Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

     at 38.8956065°N 86.4144353°W

(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, Sherril, Starr and Williams.

Major highways

  • U.S. Route 50
    U.S. Route 50
    U.S. Route 50 is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching just over from Ocean City, Maryland on the Atlantic Ocean to West Sacramento, California. Until 1972, when it was replaced by Interstate Highways west of the Sacramento area, it extended to San Francisco, near...

  • Indiana State Road 37
    Indiana State Road 37
    State Road 37 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a major route in Indiana, running as a 4-lane divided highway for 110 miles of its course....

  • Indiana State Road 54
    Indiana State Road 54
    State Road 54 is an east–west road in Central Indiana in Greene, Lawrence and Sullivan counties.-Route description:The western terminus of SR 54 is at U.S. Route 41. SR 54 heads east from US 41 toward Linton. Before Linton SR 54 meets SR 59 and they are concurrent...

  • Indiana State Road 58
    Indiana State Road 58
    State Road 58 is an east–west road in Central Indiana. State Road 58 runs from Merom in the west to Columbus in the east, a distance of approximately . Along its route it has concurrencies with one U.S. Route and six other Indiana state roads....


Political districts

  • Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based primary in the central part of the state, the district consists of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion,...

  • State House District 62
  • State House District 65
  • State Senate District 44

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