Madison Township, Carroll County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°30′25″N 86°38′12″W / 40.50694°N 86.63667°W / 40.50694; -86.63667CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyCarrollGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total20.87 sq mi (54.1 km²) • Land20.87 sq mi (54.1 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

692 ft (211 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total436 • Density21/sq mi (8.1/km²)FIPS code18-45900^[3]GNIS feature ID453588

Madison Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 436 (slightly up from 433 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 180 housing units.

History

Madison Township was organized in 1837.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 20.87 square miles (54.1 km²), all land.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Ockley
Radnor

Adjacent townships

Deer Creek (north)
Democrat (east)
Monroe (east)
Clay (south)
Washington Township, Tippecanoe County (west)

Major highways

U.S. Route 421

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Zion.

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
U.S. Board on Geographic Names

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Madison Township, Carroll County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^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.
^ Odell, John Curtis (1916). History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 85.