Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°36′52″N 84°56′15″W / 40.61444°N 84.93750°W / 40.61444; -84.93750CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyAdamsGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total36.57 sq mi (94.7 km²) • Land36.13 sq mi (93.6 km²) • Water0.44 sq mi (1.1 km²) 1.20%Elevation

823 ft (251 m)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total6,545 • Density172.2/sq mi (66.5/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

46711, 46740, 47326

GNIS feature ID453962

Wabash Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana.^[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,545, up from 6,223 at the 2010 census.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.57 square miles (94.7 km²), of which 36.13 square miles (93.6 km²) (or 98.80%) is land and 0.44 square miles (1.1 km²) (or 1.20%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Berne (south half)
Geneva

Unincorporated towns

Ceylon

Adjacent townships

Monroe Township (north)
Blue Creek Township (northeast)
Jefferson Township (east)
Bearcreek Township, Jay County (south)
Jackson Township, Jay County (southwest)
Hartford Township (west)
French Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Bunker Hill Amish, Bunker Hill (Baker Family), Collins (Ceylon), Crawford (also known as Rawley or Prairie Burying), Cross/Kross Reformed (Hoffstetter), MRE (Mennonite Reformed Evangelical), Nussbaum Family (no longer exists), Riverside, Snow, Studebaker, and Westlawn (Pyle).

Major highways

Rivers

Wabash River

Lakes

Rainbow Lake

Landmarks

Lehman Park

School districts

South Adams Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 6th congressional district
State House District 79
State Senate District 19

References

"Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ "Census Bureau profile: Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
^ "Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wabash township, Adams County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2013.