Washington Township
Avon, IN
Welcome to the website for Washington Township!
As you navigate through this site we hope that you will gain a better understanding of what our township has to offer to the community. The Township is responsible for essential services including parks and recreation, fire services, township assistance, weed/rank vegetation, and the 5 abandoned cemeteries.
The Township is governed by the Township board, which is comprised of three elected officials who meet at least quarterly at our Board Meeting. The Township is managed daily by the Township Trustee, Don Hodson, and each Trustee serves a four year term.
Washington Township, Hendricks County, was founded December 29, 1823, is located 13 miles West of Indianapolis and is 38.68 square miles in size. The township boundaries are East of Raceway Road, South Halfway between County Road 200 North & County Road 300 North, West of County Road 400 East, and North of Township Line Road. As of the 2010 Census, we had a population of 44,764 which is 31% of the total population in Hendricks County.
As you navigate through this site we hope that you will gain a better understanding of what our township has to offer to the community. The Township is responsible for essential services including parks and recreation, fire services, township assistance, weed/rank vegetation, and the 5 abandoned cemeteries.
The Township is governed by the Township board, which is comprised of three elected officials who meet at least quarterly at our Board Meeting. The Township is managed daily by the Township Trustee, Don Hodson, and each Trustee serves a four year term.
Washington Township, Hendricks County, was founded December 29, 1823, is located 13 miles West of Indianapolis and is 38.68 square miles in size. The township boundaries are East of Raceway Road, South Halfway between County Road 200 North & County Road 300 North, West of County Road 400 East, and North of Township Line Road. As of the 2010 Census, we had a population of 44,764 which is 31% of the total population in Hendricks County.
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Washington Township
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What is a Township??
History of TownshipsA township in the United States refers to a small geographic area, ranging in size from 6 to 54 square miles (15.6 sq km to 140.4 sq km), with 36 square miles (93 sq km) being the norm. The township government is a local unit of government, originally rural in application. They are geographic and political subdivisions of a county. Each township is identified by a name, such as Washington Township. The responsibilities and the form of the township government is specified by the state legislature. Many forms of township government have a trustee and an elected board. Some additional offices, such as Clerk or Constable, may also be elected. The most common responsibilities include such things as fire fighting, cemetery maintenance, weed control, and other duties. |
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What is the Trustee responsible for?
- Keep a written record of official proceedings.
- Maintain a general account showing the total of all township receipts and expenditures.
- Maintain the financial and appropriation record of the township, which must include an itemized and accurate account of the township's financial affairs..
- Manage all township property interests.
- Keep township records open for public inspection.
- Attend all meetings of the township legislative body.
- Receive and pay out township funds.
- Examine and settle all accounts and demands chargeable against the township.
- Administer township assistance under IC 12-20 and IC 12-30-4.
- Perform the duties of fence viewer under IC 32-26.
- Provide and maintain cemeteries under IC 23-14.
- Provide fire protection under IC 36-8.
- File an annual personnel report under IC 5-11-13.
- Provide and maintain township parks and community centers under IC 36-10.
- Destroy detrimental plants, noxious weeds, and rank vegetation under IC 15-16-8.
- Provide insulin to the poor under IC 12-20-16.
- Perform other duties prescribed by statute