Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana

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Coordinates: 40°31′06″N 87°28′47″W / 40.51833, -87.47972
Hickory Grove Township
Location of Hickory Grove Township in Benton County
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	March 1876
Area
- Total	28.78 sq mi (74.54 km²)
- Land	28.78 sq mi (74.54 km²)
- Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation ^[1]	745 ft (227 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	404
- Density	14.04/sq mi (5.42/km²)
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
FIPS code	18-33358^[2]
GNIS feature ID	453410

Hickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 404. It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove that grew within its borders in the 19th century.^[3]

1 Geography
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Geography

Hickory Grove Township covers an area of 28.78 square miles.

[edit] Cities and towns

Ambia

[edit] Unincorporated towns

[edit] Adjacent townships

[edit] Major highways

[edit] Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Totheroh.

[edit] References

^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
^ Birch, Jesse Setlington [1928] (1942). History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc., p. 21.

[edit] External links

Indiana Township Association page for Benton County

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana

County seat: Fowler

Cities and towns	Ambia \| Boswell \| Earl Park \| Fowler \| Otterbein \| Oxford

Townships	Bolivar \| Center \| Gilboa \| Grant \| Hickory Grove \| Oak Grove \| Parish Grove \| Pine \| Richland \| Union \| York

Unincorporated communities	Atkinson \| Barce \| Chase \| Dunn \| Dunnington \| Free \| Freeland Park \| Handy \| Lochiel \| Raub \| Swanington \| Talbot \| Templeton \| Wadena