Smyrna Township
Smyrna Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,116 and it contained 453 housing units.- Type: Locality with 1,120 residents
- Description: township of Indiana
- Also known as: “Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana” and “Township of Smyrna”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eleutherian College.
Eleutherian College
Museum
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Eleutherian College, founded as Eleutherian Institute in 1848, was a school founded by local anti-slavery Baptists at Lancaster in Jefferson County. The institute's name comes from the Greek word eleutheros, meaning "freedom and equality." The school admitted students without regard to ethnicity or gender, including freed and fugitive slaves. Eleutherian College is situated 2½ miles north of Smyrna Township.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lancaster and Volga.
Lancaster
Village
Lancaster is an unincorporated community in Lancaster Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. Lancaster is situated 2½ miles north of Smyrna Township.
Volga
Hamlet
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Volga is an unincorporated community in Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana. The name's origin is not known with certainty, but is believed to have been adopted from Volga in Russia.
Wirt
Hamlet
Wirt is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Indiana, in the United States. A post office was established at Wirt in 1834. The community was named for William Wirt, a pioneer. Wirt is situated 3½ miles east of Smyrna Township.
Smyrna Township
- Category: township of Indiana
- Location: Jefferson, Indiana, Midwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Vietnamese—“Smyrna Township” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Smyrna udalerria, Jefferson konderria (Indiana)”
- Basque: “Smyrna udalerria, Jefferson konderria”
- Chinese: “士麥那鎮區 (印地安納州傑佛遜縣)”
- Chinese: “士麥那鎮區”
- German: “Smyrna Township”
- Spanish: “Municipio de Smyrna”
- Turkish: “Smyrna Township”
- Urdu: “سمیرنا ٹاؤن شپ، جیفرسن کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا”
- Urdu: “سمیرنا ٹاؤن شپ”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Smyrna, Quận Jefferson, Indiana”
- Vietnamese: “Xã Smyrna”
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