Charlestown Township, Clark County, Indiana

Charlestown Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 13,450 and it contained 5,382 housing units.

History
Charlestown Township was organized in 1817.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 65.09 sqmi, of which 64.49 sqmi (or 99.08%) is land and 0.6 sqmi (or 0.92%) is water.

Cities and towns

 * Charlestown

Unincorporated towns

 * Otisco
 * Rolling Hills
 * Springville (extinct)

Adjacent townships

 * Oregon Township (north)
 * Owen Township (east)
 * Utica Township (south)
 * Silver Creek Township (southwest)
 * Union Township (west)
 * Monroe Township (northwest)

Major highways

 * [[Image:Indiana 3.svg|25px]] Indiana State Road 3
 * [[Image:Indiana 62.svg|25px]] Indiana State Road 62
 * [[Image:Indiana 160.svg|25px]] Indiana State Road 160
 * [[Image:Indiana 403.svg|25px]] Indiana State Road 403

Cemeteries
The township contains several cemeteries: Armstrong Cemetery, Baird Cemetery (a.k.a. King), Bottorff, Caldwell (a.k.a. Lutz/Prather), Carter, Charlestown, Coble, County Poor Farm, Crace, Douglas, Faris, Fifty-four, Goodwin, Goodwin/Nicholson, Hammond, Hester-Rowland, Kessler (a.k.a. Faris II), Long, Mathes, McCormick (a.k.a. McCullough), McDonald, Meloy, Montgomery, Otisco Cemetery (a.k.a. Seedtick), Pleasant Grove, Robertson, Robinson, Salem Methodist Church, Shelby Cemetery, Silver Creek Cemetery, St. Michael's, James Stuart Plantation, Weimer, and Worrell/Worrall.