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30-524: Wolcottville is a town in Orange Township , Noble County and Johnson Township , LaGrange County in the U.S. state of Indiana . The population was 998 at the 2010 census. Wolcottville was laid out in 1849. It was named for George Wolcott, who started a sawmill at the site in 1838. According to the 2010 census, Wolcottville has a total area of 1.02 square miles (2.64 km), all land. In addition to these year-round residents, many homes in

60-418: A civil township often corresponds to a single survey township, although in less populated areas, the civil township may be made up of all or portions of several survey townships. In areas where there are natural features such as a lake or river, the civil township boundaries may follow the geographic features rather than the survey township boundaries. Municipalities such as cities may incorporate or annex land in

90-545: A full 36 sections are created where full townships cannot be laid out due to existing senior boundaries, such as Spanish/Mexican ranchos , Indian reservations , state boundary lines, etc. In Kentucky, the Jackson Purchase (the area west of the Tennessee River) is divided into townships and ranges. In Tennessee, the entire state is surveyed into townships and ranges that make up 13 survey districts of

120-505: A male householder with no wife present, and 28.5% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size was 3.21. The median age in the town was 33.8 years. 29.3% of residents were under the age of 18; 9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.1% were from 25 to 44; 24.1% were from 45 to 64; and 10.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of

150-430: A separate type of government to allow greater flexibility for township governments to serve urbanized populations. In Michigan, as in other states with like systems (though sometimes different names), a township is an administrative division of a county, which is an administrative division of the state. Counties and townships are local organs through which state law and public policy are administered, adapted to local need to

180-435: A township, which is then generally removed from township government. Only one state, Indiana , has township governments covering all its area and population. In other states, some types of municipalities, like villages, remain a part of the township while cities are not. As urban areas expand, a civil township may entirely disappear—see, for example, Mill Creek Township, Hamilton County, Ohio . In other expanding urban areas,

210-581: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Township (United States) The term is used in three ways. Survey townships are generally referred to by a number based on the Public Land Survey System (PLSS). A reference to the township will look something like "Township 2 North Range 3 East", or "T2N,R3E" and such a notation is used in property descriptions based on the PLSS . Townships were originally surveyed and platted by

240-511: Is one of thirteen townships in Noble County, Indiana . As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,934 (up from 3,911 at 2010 ) and it contained 1,994 housing units. Gene Stratton-Porter Cabin (Rome City, Indiana) , also known as the Cabin at Wildflower Woods, was the lakeside home of author, nature photographer, naturalist, and silent movie -era producer Gene Stratton-Porter . The cabin

270-666: Is still a gridded survey. Portions of the Texas State Survey use square townships. Sizeable portions of Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington, are unsurveyed. Substantial swampy areas in Florida and Louisiana are also unsurveyed. Both New York and Pennsylvania have metes-and-bounds surveys, but in the western parts of these states, the metes-and-bounds form square townships many of which are also civil townships. Besides these, nearly every state has areas of metes-and-bounds that were never included in

300-599: The Detroit metropolitan area . Towns and townships are sometimes considered minor civil divisions of counties by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. According to the Census Bureau, in 2002, town or township government applied to 16,504 organized governments in the following 20 states: This categorization includes governmental units officially designated as "towns" in

330-1078: The New England states, New York, and Wisconsin, some plantations in Maine and locations in New Hampshire. In Minnesota, the terms town and township are used interchangeably with regard to township governments. Although towns in the six New England states and New York, and townships in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, are legally termed municipal corporations, perform municipal-type functions, and frequently serve densely populated urban areas, they have no necessary relation to concentration of population, and are thus counted for census purposes as town or township governments. Even in states beyond New England, townships often serve urbanized areas and provide municipal services typically provided by incorporated municipalities. The count of 16,504 organized township governments does not include unorganized township areas (where

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360-537: The Township of the Borough of Verona or Township of South Orange Village , changed their names to qualify for additional federal aid at the expense of municipalities of other types. Utah and Nevada have areas called townships, but they are not the same as civil townships. These areas are not separate governments, but have been granted some degree of self-rule by a county. Michigan has created charter townships as

390-583: The state legislature . The most common form of township government has an elected board of trustees or supervisors. Some additional offices, such as clerk or constable , may also be elected. The most common governmental responsibilities of townships include oversight of such things as road maintenance, land-use planning , and trash collection. Many townships in Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania provide police and fire protection, similar to what an incorporated city would provide. In most midwestern states ,

420-590: The 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.18 square miles (93.7 km ), of which 34.68 square miles (89.8 km ) (or 95.85%) is land and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km ) (or 4.15%) is water. (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.) Orange Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Kendallville Public Library in Kendallville. This Noble County, Indiana location article

450-476: The PLSS survey system, but on the older metes and bounds survey system. A New Jersey township differs only in name from other municipalities: its boundaries are fixed, it is an incorporated body, and it is free to adopt another form of government. The federal government formerly had a revenue sharing arrangement that separately allocated funding for townships and other minor civil division types such as cities or boroughs; some New Jersey municipalities, such as

480-483: The Tennessee State Survey. In extreme northern Maine there is an area divided into townships and ranges oriented to true north. A region in the central part of the state, made up of 17 surveys, is divided into townships, but these are not oriented to true north. The remainder of the state is on metes and bounds . Similarly, Vermont and New Hampshire are mostly metes-and-bounds states, but have areas in

510-696: The United States General Land Office, using contracted private survey crews, and are marked on the United States Geological Survey maps of the United States. Townships are normally a square approximately six miles (9.7 km) on a side with cardinal boundaries conforming to meridians and parallels, containing 36 sections of one square mile (2.6 km ) each. The northern and westernmost tier of sections in each township are designed to take up

540-421: The area are lake cottages occupied only in the summers. Many of the owners of these cottages come from Fort Wayne and South Bend. As of the census of 2010, there were 998 people, 369 households, and 264 families living in the town. The population density was 988.1 inhabitants per square mile (381.5/km). There were 434 housing units at an average density of 429.7 per square mile (165.9/km). The racial makeup of

570-403: The average family size was 3.15. In the town, the population was spread out, with 31.0% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. The median income for a household in the town

600-419: The convergence of the east and west township boundary lines or range lines, as well as any error in the survey measurements, and therefore these sections vary slightly from being one square mile or 640 acres (260 ha). Survey townships exist in some form in most states other than the original Thirteen Colonies , Kentucky , Tennessee , Vermont , and Maine . Irregular or fractional townships with fewer than

630-643: The extent the law allows. A charter township is a township that has been granted a charter, which allows it certain rights and responsibilities of home rule that are generally intermediary in scope between those of a city (a semi-autonomous jurisdiction in Michigan) and a village, which (unless it is a home-rule village) is subject to the authority of the township(s) in which it is located. Charter townships may also reorganize themselves into municipalities, as can be seen in Wayne County, Michigan , and elsewhere in

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660-411: The grids (like along major rivers) or were removed from the grid, usually due to surveying mistakes. The township government is a unit of local government, often rural. Townships are geographic and political subdivisions of a county . The township is identified by a name, such as Penn Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania . The responsibilities and the form of the township government is specified by

690-589: The north that are surveyed into townships not oriented to true north. Most of Ohio is surveyed using the Public Land Survey System, but several sizable areas are metes-and-bounds, including the Virginia Military Reserve, Donation Tract, French Grant and the three Moravian grants (Gnadenhutten, Schoenbrunn and Salem). A 150,000-acre (61,000 ha) area in southern Indiana ( Clark's Grant ) is not surveyed into townships, but

720-406: The population. There were 350 households, out of which 41.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.0% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and

750-533: The town was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 933 people, 350 households, and 249 families living in the town. The population density was 910.1 inhabitants per square mile (351.4/km). There were 365 housing units at an average density of 356.0 per square mile (137.5/km). The racial makeup of the town was 98.82% White , 0.11% African American , 0.21% Native American , 0.11% Asian , 0.21% from other races , and 0.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of

780-418: The town was 96.0% White , 0.5% African American , 0.7% Native American , 0.8% Asian , 1.5% from other races , and 0.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of the population. There were 369 households, of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.6% were married couples living together, 13.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.4% had

810-506: The township may exist in name only, but has no organized government) or where the townships are coextensive with cities and the cities have absorbed the township functions. It also does not include the townships in Iowa (see Iowa townships ), which are not separate governments, but are classified as subordinate agencies of county governments. Of the 16,504 town or township governments, only 1,179 (7.1 percent) had as many as 10,000 inhabitants in

840-525: The township may incorporate itself into a city; this can be seen in the numerous square cities of Hennepin , Anoka , and Washington counties in Minnesota . The Montgomery County, Ohio , cities of Trotwood (1996, formerly Madison Township), Huber Heights (1980, Wayne Township), and Kettering (1955, Van Buren Township) are further examples of townships incorporating into cities. Pennsylvania and New Jersey have civil townships that are not based on

870-529: Was $ 35,833, and the median income for a family was $ 36,458. Males had a median income of $ 30,705 versus $ 21,902 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 16,974. About 9.1% of families and 10.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 14.9% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over. The town of Wolcottville lies in the school district of Lakeland School Corporation. The local schools town residents attend are: Orange Township, Noble County, Indiana Orange Township

900-678: Was built in 1913 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. The historic property, where Stratton-Porter lived until 1919, has been designated as the Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site. It is operated by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites and open to the public. Scenes from the 1927 movie based on Stratton-Porter's book, The Harvester , were filmed at Wildflower Woods in 1927. According to

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