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Prairie Township
Township
A farm at Clunette
Coordinates: 41°17′52″N 85°56′12″W / 41.29778°N 85.93667°W / 41.29778; -85.93667
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Kosciusko
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.76 sq mi (92.6 km)
• Land	35.23 sq mi (91.2 km)
• Water	0.52 sq mi (1.3 km)
Elevation	850 ft (259 m)
Population
• Total	1,774
• Density	46.9/sq mi (18.1/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	18-61578
GNIS feature ID	453769

Prairie Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,774 (up from 1,651 at 2010) and it contained 682 housing units.

History

Prairie Township was organized in 1838 and named from its setting upon the prairie.

The Hall Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.76 square miles (92.6 km), of which 35.23 square miles (91.2 km) (or 98.52%) is land and 0.52 square miles (1.3 km) (or 1.45%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Atwood at 41°15′39″N 85°58′31″W / 41.2608779°N 85.9752735°W / 41.2608779; -85.9752735
• Clunette at 41°19′11″N 85°55′22″W / 41.3197679°N 85.9227723°W / 41.3197679; -85.9227723

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Prairie Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "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.
5. Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. p. 712.
6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Warsaw
Cities	Nappanee‡ Warsaw
Towns	Burket Claypool Etna Green Leesburg Mentone Milford North Webster Pierceton Sidney Silver Lake Syracuse Winona Lake
Townships	Clay Etna Franklin Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lake Monroe Plain Prairie Scott Seward Tippecanoe Turkey Creek Van Buren Washington Wayne
CDPs	Barbee Beaver Dam Enchanted Hills Hoffman Lake Mineral Springs Oswego Palestine Wooster
Other communities	Atwood Bayfield Bell Rohr Park Buttermilk Point Cedar Point Clunette Forest Glen Gravelton‡ Hastings Highbanks Highlands Park Island Park Kanata Manayunk Kinsey Lakeside Park Lakeview Spring Milford Junction Monoquet Oakwood Park Packerton Pickwick Park Potawatomi Park Redmon Park Sevastopol Shady Banks South Park Stony Ridge Vawter Park Wawasee Wawasee Village
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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