Tipton Township | |
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Township | |
Farmland in Tipton Township
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Location of Tipton Township in Cass County |
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Coordinates: 40°41′54″N 86°13′06″W / 40.69833°N 86.21833°WCoordinates: 40°41′54″N 86°13′06″W / 40.69833°N 86.21833°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Cass |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 40.77 sq mi (105.58 km2) |
• Land | 40.62 sq mi (105.22 km2) |
• Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.36 km2) |
Elevation | 755 ft (230 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 2,490 |
• Density | 61/sq mi (24/km2) |
FIPS code | 18-75968 |
GNIS feature ID | 453899 |
Tipton Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,490.
Tipton Township was organized in 1840. It was named for Indiana Senator John Tipton.
Pipe Creek Falls Resort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
Tipton Township covers an area of 40.77 square miles (105.6 km2); 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (0.34 percent) of this is water.
The township contains five cemeteries: Bowyer, Little Deer Creek, Shaff, Venard and Walton.