Busseron Township is one of ten

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

Knox County, Indiana Knox County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana in the United States. The oldest county in Indiana, it was one of two original counties created in the Northwest Territory in 1790, alongside, St. Clair County, Illinois. Knox County was gradu ...

. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,393 and it contained 618 housing units.

History

Busseron Township was founded about 1810. It is named for

François Riday Busseron François Riday Busseron (Bosseron, Beauceron) was a Canadien fur trader, general store operator, and militia captain in the American village of Vincennes. He supported the Americans during the American Revolution and funded the first American flag ...

, a French resident of the area during the

American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revoluti ...

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.35%) is land and (or 1.63%) is water.

References

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
Oaktown, Indiana Townships in Indiana Townships in Knox County, Indiana {{KnoxCountyIN-geo-stub