Chester Township, Wells County, Indiana

Chester Township
Township
Location in Wells County
Coordinates: 40°36′25″N 85°16′07″W / 40.60694°N 85.26861°W / 40.60694; -85.26861Coordinates: 40°36′25″N 85°16′07″W / 40.60694°N 85.26861°W / 40.60694; -85.26861
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Wells
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.79 sq mi (92.7 km²)
• Land	35.62 sq mi (92.3 km²)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.4 km²) 0.47%
Elevation	866 ft (264 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	936
• Density	26.3/sq mi (10.2/km²)
ZIP codes	46759, 46781, 46792, 47359
GNIS feature ID	0453199

Chester Township is one of nine townships in Wells County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 936 and it contained 394 housing units.^[1]^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.79 square miles (92.7 km²), of which 35.62 square miles (92.3 km²) (or 99.53%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²) (or 0.47%) is water.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

Poneto

Unincorporated towns

Five Points at 40°34′54″N 85°19′12″W / 40.581711°N 85.319972°W / 40.581711; -85.319972
Greenville at 40°39′16″N 85°13′35″W / 40.654491°N 85.22636°W / 40.654491; -85.22636
Keystone at 40°35′44″N 85°15′34″W / 40.595601°N 85.259416°W / 40.595601; -85.259416

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Liberty Township (north)
Harrison Township (northeast)
Nottingham Township (east)
Harrison Township, Blackford County (south)
Washington Township, Blackford County (southwest)
Jackson Township (west)
Salamonie Township, Huntington County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Miller and Snow.

Airports and landing strips

Brinnemans Headacres Airport

School districts

Southern Wells Community Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 6th congressional district
State House District 82
State Senate District 19

References

1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
↑ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

Municipalities and communities of Wells County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Bluffton

City	Bluffton

Towns	Markle‡ Ossian Poneto Uniondale Vera Cruz Zanesville‡

Townships	Chester Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lancaster Liberty Nottingham Rockcreek Union

Unincorporated communities	Craigville Curryville Dillman Domestic Five Points Greenville Greenwood Jeff Keystone Kingsland Liberty Center McNatts Mount Zion Murray North Oaks Nottingham Petroleum Phenix Reiffsburg Riverside Rockford Tocsin Toll Gate Heights Travisville Wellsburg

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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