Official Name: | Brown Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hendricks |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Km2: | 65.65 |
Area Land Km2: | 65.58 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.08 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 25.35 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 25.32 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.12 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 14316 |
Population Density Km2: | 176.8 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 457.9 |
Elevation M: | 277 |
Elevation Ft: | 909 |
Coordinates: | 39.8881°N -86.3792°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0453138 |
Brown Township is one of twelve townships in Hendricks County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,593.[2]
Brown Township was named for James Brown, a pioneer settler.[3]
Brown Township covers an area of ; of this, or 0.12 percent is water. The stream of Pump Run flows through this township.
The township contains eight cemeteries: Ballard, Bethesda, Evans, Johnson, Macedonia, Marvel, Smith-Shepherd and Sparks.
Brown Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Brownsburg Public Library in Brownsburg.[4]