Official Name: | White River Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Motto: | y3 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hamilton |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.07 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 55.6 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.46 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.82 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2414 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 44.7 |
Elevation M: | 249 |
Elevation Ft: | 817 |
Coordinates: | 40.1558°N -85.9303°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0454054 |
White River Township is one of nine townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,486 and it contained 1,028 housing units.[2] It is the least developed township in the county and the only one without an incorporated community of any kind within its boundaries.
White River Township was organized in 1823. It is the oldest township in Hamilton County.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.16%) is land and (or 0.82%) is water.[2] The streams of Bear Creek, Deer Creek, Duck Creek, Dyers Creek, Lamberson Ditch, Lock Ditch, Long Branch, Rogers Ditch, Sugar Run, and Weasel Creek run through this township.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains seven cemeteries: Buscher, Carey, Grubbs, Little Carey, Aroma Methodist, Newland, and Bethlehem (Cicero).