Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana

Spice Valley 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 2,419.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau

United States Census Bureau

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, Spice Valley Township covers an area of 71.26 square miles (184.6 km²); of this, 70.22 square miles (181.9 km²) (98.54 percent) is land and 1.04 square miles (2.7 km²) (1.46 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

Bryantsville
Bryantsville, Indiana
Bryantsville is an unincorporated community in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

at 38.7686624°N 86.5730498°W
Georgia
Georgia, Indiana
Georgia is an unincorporated community in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

at 38.7100521°N 86.5722154°W
Huron at 38.7222734°N 86.6705517°W
Moorestown
Moorestown, Indiana
Moorestown is an unincorporated community in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

at 38.7186628°N 86.6158278°W
Williams
Williams, Lawrence County, Indiana
Williams is an unincorporated town in Spice Valley Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

at 38.8044947°N 86.6472189°W

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Brunner, Burton, Cox, Georgia, Grodey, Huron and Tincher.

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 60
Indiana State Road 60
State Road 60 in the U.S. State of Indiana is a mostly rural, two-lane highway in the southeastern portion of the state, covering a distance of about .-Route description:...

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 Senate District 44

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