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Union Township
Township
Location in Miami County
Coordinates: 40°53′59″N 86°07′27″W / 40.89972°N 86.12417°W / 40.89972; -86.12417
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Miami
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	21.82 sq mi (56.5 km)
• Land	21.73 sq mi (56.3 km)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km)  0.37%
Elevation	810 ft (247 m)
Population
• Total	764
• Density	35/sq mi (14/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46921, 46926, 46951
GNIS feature ID	453925

Union Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 764 (down from 857 at 2010) and it contained 349 housing units.

History

Union Township was first settled in the spring of 1835. Union Township was organized in 1837.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 21.82 square miles (56.5 km), of which 21.73 square miles (56.3 km) (or 99.59%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km) (or 0.37%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Deedsville at 40°54′37″N 86°06′04″W / 40.91032°N 86.101106°W / 40.91032; -86.101106
• Perrysburg at 40°53′52″N 86°08′58″W / 40.89782°N 86.149440°W / 40.89782; -86.149440

Extinct towns

• Busaco

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Ebenezer, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mount Zion, Leedy and Weasaw.

Major highways

• U.S. Route 31

School districts

• North Miami Community Schools

Political districts

• Indiana's 5th congressional district
• State House District 23
• State Senate District 18

References

• "Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Union Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
3. ^ "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.
4. Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 146.
5. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 276.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• City-Data.com page for Union Township

v t e Places adjacent to Union Township, Miami County, Indiana
Liberty Township, Fulton County Allen Township Perry Township Union Township Richland Township Adams Township, Cass County Jefferson Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of Miami County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Peru
City	Peru
Towns	Amboy Bunker Hill Converse‡ Denver Macy
Townships	Allen Butler Clay Deer Creek Erie Harrison Jackson Jefferson Perry Peru Pipe Creek Richland Union Washington
CDPs	Bennetts Switch Chili Grissom AFB‡ Mexico Miami North Grove
Other communities	Birmingham Courter Deedsville Doyle Erie Flora Gilead Loree McGrawsville Nead New Santa Fe Oakdale Oakley Peoria Perrysburg Pettysville Ridgeview Santa Fe South Peru Stockdale‡ Wawpecong Wells
Ghost towns	Anson Brownell Busaco Cary Five Corners Hooversburg Leonda Niconza Paw Paw Snow Hill Stringtown Wagoner Wooleytown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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