Widner 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 1,132 and it contained 506 housing units.

History

Widner Township was named for John Widner, a pioneer settler. Kixmiller's Store at Freedlandville was added to the

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in 1978.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.90%) is land and (or 0.10%) is water.

References

Townships in Knox County, Indiana Townships in Indiana {{KnoxCountyIN-geo-stub