Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°53′07″N 85°30′29″W / 39.88528°N 85.50806°W / 39.88528; -85.50806CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyHenryGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total25.61 sq mi (66.3 km²) • Land25.54 sq mi (66.1 km²) • Water0.07 sq mi (0.2 km²) 0.27%Elevation

1,040 ft (317 m)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total1,611 • Density67.6/sq mi (26.1/km²)GNIS feature ID0453353

Greensboro Township is one of thirteen townships in Henry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,728 and it contained 715 housing units.^[2]

Greensboro Township was organized in 1831.^[3] It was named after the city of Greensboro, North Carolina.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25.61 square miles (66.3 km²), of which 25.54 square miles (66.1 km²) (or 99.73%) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) (or 0.27%) is water.^[2] The streams of Bench Run, Dry Fork, Egg Run, Feather Fork, Goose Run, Goslin Creek, Hatch Brook, Mont Branch, Mount Lawn Brook, Quack Run, Quill Run, Ten Creek, Web Run and York Run run through this township.

Cities and towns

Greensboro
Kennard
Shirley (east quarter)

Unincorporated towns

Mount Lawn
Woodville

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

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Greensboro Friends, Hicksite, Greensboro Township and Mason.

The Greensboro Friends Cemetery was established on 18 March 1825 and is located next to Greensboro Pike. Following the "great separation" of 1827-28 of the Quakers,^[4] Hicksite Cemetery was founded on 26 Oct 1830 as a ministry of the Greensboro Friends who were in the Hicksite Quaker faction.^[5]

The small Greensboro Township Cemetery is located immediately southwest of the smaller Mason Cemetery.

Major highways

Indiana State Road 234

References

"Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "Census Bureau profile: Greensboro Township, Henry County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Hazzard, George (1906). Hazzard's History of Henry County, Indiana, 1822-1906. G. Hazzard, author and publisher. p. 886.
^ "A Brief History of the Branches of Friends | Quaker Information Center".
^ http://www.indianahistory.org/our-services/books-publications/magazines/online-connections/quaker-records/duckcreekmtgminsmarr.pdf Indiana History Online: Duck Creek Monthly Meeting (Henry County)