Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana

Licking Township
Township
Location of Licking Township in Blackford County
Coordinates: 40°26′00″N 85°23′14″W / 40.43333°N 85.38722°W / 40.43333; -85.38722Coordinates: 40°26′00″N 85°23′14″W / 40.43333°N 85.38722°W / 40.43333; -85.38722
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Blackford
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	41.46 sq mi (107.4 km2)
• Land	41.18 sq mi (106.7 km2)
• Water	0.28 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation[1]	873 ft (266 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	7,899
• Density	191.8/sq mi (74.1/km2)
FIPS code	18-43650[2]
GNIS feature ID	453568

Licking Township is one of four townships in Blackford County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,899 and it contained 3,885 housing units.^[3] The township was named after Lick Creek and a salt lick in the area. The first settlers in what became Blackford County arrived in the Lick Creek area in 1831.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 41.46 square miles (107.4 km²), of which 41.18 square miles (106.7 km²) (or 99.32%) is land and 0.28 square miles (0.73 km²) (or 0.68%) is water.^[3] Cains Lake and Lake Mohee are in this township. Lick Creek flows through the township.

Map of Licking Township

Cities and towns

• Hartford City
• Shamrock Lakes

Unincorporated towns

• Renner

Major highways

• SR 3
• SR 26

Cemeteries

The township contains at least seven cemeteries: Cunningham, Greenlawn, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lion, Sprague, Stewart, and Willman (a.k.a. Hartford City Cemetery).

Notes

1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 
4. ↑ See “A History of Blackford County, Indiana…”, page 140.

References

• A History of Blackford County, Indiana : with historical accounts of the county, 1838-1986 [and] histories of families who have lived in the county. Hartford City, Indiana: Blackford County Historical Society. 1986. p. 302. OCLC 15144953. 
• Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana: Containing ... portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Jay and Blackford Counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families and a concise history of Jay and Blackford Counties and their cities and villages. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. OCLC 15560416. 
• "Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

	Monroe Township, Grant County	Washington Township	Harrison Township
	Jefferson Township, Grant County		Jackson Township
		Licking Township
	Washington Township, Delaware County	Union Township, Delaware County	Niles Township, Delaware County

Municipalities and communities of Blackford County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Hartford City
Cities	Dunkirk‡ Hartford City Montpelier
Town	Shamrock Lakes
Townships	Harrison Jackson Licking Washington
Unincorporated communities	Converse Matamoras Millgrove Renner Roll Trenton
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties