Troy Township, Fountain County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Troy Township is one of eleven townships
in Fountain County, Indiana
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 3,801.
Troy Township contains the Fountain County seat of Covington
, in the western part of the county near the river. At one time, the unincorporated community of Layton existed in the southeast part of the township along the present route of U.S. Route 136.
Interstate 74
passes through the southern part of the township. U.S. Route 136
lies to the north of I-74 for most of its route; it passes through Covington, but east of Layton, I-74 crosses to its north side.
Township (United States)
A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....
in Fountain County, Indiana
Fountain County, Indiana
Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington....
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 3,801.
Geography
Troy Township lies along the western side of Fountain County; the Wabash River defines the western borders of both. The township covers an area of 44.44 square miles (115.1 km²); 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) (1.35 percent) of this is water.Troy Township contains the Fountain County seat of Covington
Covington, Indiana
Covington is a city located on the western edge of Fountain County, Indiana. The population was 2,645 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Fountain County.-Geography:Covington is located at ....
, in the western part of the county near the river. At one time, the unincorporated community of Layton existed in the southeast part of the township along the present route of U.S. Route 136.
Interstate 74
Interstate 74
Interstate 74 is an Interstate Highway in the Midwestern and Southeastern United States. Its western end is at an intersection with Interstate 80 in Davenport, Iowa; the eastern end of its Midwest segment is at an intersection with Interstate 75 in Cincinnati, Ohio...
passes through the southern part of the township. U.S. Route 136
U.S. Route 136
U.S. Highway 136 is a spur of U.S. Highway 36. It runs from Edison, Nebraska, at U.S. Highway 6 and U.S. Highway 34 to the Interstate 74/Interstate 465 interchange in Speedway, Indiana. This is a distance of 804 miles .-Nebraska:...
lies to the north of I-74 for most of its route; it passes through Covington, but east of Layton, I-74 crosses to its north side.