Newell Township is a

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in Vermilion County,

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. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,969 and it contained 6,768 housing units.

History

The first sale of land in this area was in 1824 to Obadiah Le Neve, who settled here just before Christmas of that year. It was not until 1851 that the county was divided up into its first eight townships, and Newell Township was one of those. It was named for Squire James Newell, the first Justice of the Peace for the area.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.56%) is land and (or 1.44%) is water. The township contains much of

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Cities and towns

* Bismarck * Danville (the county seat) (north portion)

Unincorporated towns

* Illiana

Extinct towns

* Campbell * Denmark * Myersville * Newell * West Newell

Adjacent townships

* Kent Township, Warren County, Indiana (east) *

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(east) *

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(southeast) * Danville Township (south) * Blount Township (west) * South Ross Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these cemeteries: Bryley, Farmers Chapel, Huffman, Lamb, Leonard, Rose, Springhill, Sunset Memorial and Walnut Corner.

Major highways

U.S. Route 136 U.S. Route 136 is an east-west U.S. highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at US 6 and US 34 to the I-74/ I-465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of . Due to the removal of ...

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Airports and landing strips

* Vermilion County Airport

Demographics

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

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