(A) The Board hereby establishes the following townships within the county:
(1) Baugo. All that part of Township 37 North, Range 4 East of the Second Principle Meridian, bound on the west by St. Joseph County and lying south of the centerline of the St. Joseph River;
(2) Benton. All of Township 35 North, Range 7 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(3) Cleveland. The part of Township 38 North, Range 4 East of the Second Principle Meridian, bound on the north by the state line and on the west by St. Joseph County and that part of Township 37 North, Range 4 East that is bound on the west by St. Joseph County and on the south by the centerline of the St. Joseph River;
(4) Clinton. All of Township 36 North, Range 7 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(5) Concord. All of Township 37 North, Range 5 East of the Second Principle Meridian and that part of Township 38 North, Range 5 East lying south of the centerline of the St. Joseph River and that part of Township 37 North, Range 6 East lying south of the centerline of the Elkhart River;
(6) Elkhart. All of Township 36 North, Range 6 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(7) Harrison. All of Township 36 North, Range 5 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(8) Jackson. All of Township 37 North, Range 6 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(9) Jefferson. The part of Township 37 North, Range 6 East of the Second Principle Meridian lying north of the centerline of the Elkhart River;
(10) Locke. All of Township 35 North, Range 4 East of the Second Principle Meridian lying east of the St. Joseph County line;
(11) Middlebury. All of Township 37 North, Range 7 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(12) Olive. All of Township 36 North, Range 4 East of the Second Principle Meridian lying east of the St. Joseph County line;
(13) Osolo. All that part of Township 38 North, Range 5 East of the Second Principle Meridian bound by the state line on the north and on the south by the centerline of the St. Joseph River;
(14) Union. All of Township 35 North, Range 5 East of the Second Principle Meridian;
(15) Washington. All that part of Township 38 North, Range 6 East of the Second Principle Meridian bound on the north by the state line; and
(16) York. All that part of Township 38 North, Range 7 East of the Second Principle Meridian bound on the north by the state line.
(B) If any part of the county has not been described as included in one of the townships described in this section, it is included in that township which is contiguous to that part and contains the least population of all townships contiguous to that part according to the most recent federal decennial census.
(C) If any part of the county has been described in this section as being in more than one township, it is included in that township that is one of the townships in which that part is listed in this section, is contiguous to that part, and contains the least population according to the most recent federal decennial census.
(Prior Code, § 36-6-1-2) (Ord. passed 6-28-1830, 1 COM REC 4; Ord. passed 11-4-1833, 1 COM REC 131; Ord. passed 3-3-1834, 1 COM REC 143; Ord. passed 3-2-1835, 1 COM REC 205; Ord. passed 3-2-1835, 1 COM REC 217; Ord. passed 11-3-1835, 1 COM REC 249; Ord. passed 3-6-1836, 1 COM REC 376; Ord. passed 3-7-1836, 1 COM REC 280; Ord. passed 3-8-1836, 1 COM REC 288; Ord. passed 5-2-1836, 1 COM REC 305; Ord. passed 9-5-1836, 1 COM REC 333; Ord. passed 1-2-1837, 1 COM REC 361; Ord. passed 3-7-1837, 1 COM REC 383; Ord. passed 11-5-1837, 3 COM REC 6; Ord. passed 6-7-1841, 3 COM REC 69; Ord. passed 3-4-1850, 3 COM REC 420)