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Wabash Township
Township
Location in Adams County
Coordinates: 40°36′52″N 84°56′15″W / 40.61444°N 84.93750°W / 40.61444; -84.93750
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Adams
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.57 sq mi (94.7 km)
• Land	36.13 sq mi (93.6 km)
• Water	0.44 sq mi (1.1 km)  1.20%
Elevation	823 ft (251 m)
Population
• Total	6,545
• Density	172.2/sq mi (66.5/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46711, 46740, 47326
GNIS feature ID	453962

Wabash Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,545, up from 6,223 at the 2010 census.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.57 square miles (94.7 km), of which 36.13 square miles (93.6 km) (or 98.80%) is land and 0.44 square miles (1.1 km) (or 1.20%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Berne (south half)
• Geneva

Unincorporated towns

• Ceylon

Adjacent townships

• Monroe Township (north)
• Blue Creek Township (northeast)
• Jefferson Township (east)
• Bearcreek Township, Jay County (south)
• Jackson Township, Jay County (southwest)
• Hartford Township (west)
• French Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Bunker Hill Amish, Bunker Hill (Baker Family), Collins (Ceylon), Crawford (also known as Rawley or Prairie Burying), Cross/Kross Reformed (Hoffstetter), MRE (Mennonite Reformed Evangelical), Nussbaum Family (no longer exists), Riverside, Snow, Studebaker, and Westlawn (Pyle).

Major highways

• US 27
• SR 116
• SR 218

Rivers

• Wabash River

Lakes

• Rainbow Lake

Landmarks

• Lehman Park

School districts

• South Adams Schools

Political districts

• Indiana's 6th congressional district
• State House District 79
• State Senate District 19

References

• "Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States National Atlas

1. "Census Bureau profile: Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
2. "Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
3. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wabash township, Adams County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 10, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2013.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of Adams County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Decatur
Cities	Berne Decatur
Towns	Geneva Monroe
Townships	Blue Creek French Hartford Jefferson Kirkland Monroe Preble Root St. Marys Union Wabash Washington
CDPs	Linn Grove Pleasant Mills Preble
Other communities	Ceylon Curryville‡ Honduras Magley Monmouth Peterson Rivare Salem Williams
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