Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana

Moral Township
Moral Township
Township
	Coordinates: 39°38′56″N85°53′32″W / 39.64889°N 85.89222°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Shelby
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.7 sq mi (95 km2)
• Land	36.56 sq mi (94.7 km2)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,617
• Density	125.2/sq mi (48.3/km2)
FIPS code	18-50994
GNIS feature ID	453652

Last updated March 25, 2024

Moral Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,577 and it contained 1,805 housing units.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.7 square miles (95 km²), of which 36.56 square miles (94.7 km²) (or 99.62%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km²) (or 0.38%) is water.^[4]

History

On September 9, 1969, Moral Township was the site of the deadliest air disaster in the history of Indiana. On that date, Allegheny Airlines flight 853, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 jetliner, registration N988VJ, collided in midair with a Piper PA-28 registration N7374J which was a light general aviation aircraft. After the collision, flight 853 rolled over and crashed into a soybean field near London, Indiana at over 430 mph; none of the 82 people on board survived. The pilot and sole occupant of the PA-28 were killed upon impact with the tail assembly of the DC-9. With a death toll of 83,^{[ clarification needed ]} this is the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Indiana.^[6]

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References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
↑ "Census Bureau profile: Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
↑ History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 277.
↑ Maccabe, Tom (September 8, 2019). "Remembering Indiana's worst air disaster, 50-years later". WRTV. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[2020_Census-2] "Census Bureau profile: Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[census-4] 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

[5] History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 277.

[6] Maccabe, Tom (September 8, 2019). "Remembering Indiana's worst air disaster, 50-years later". WRTV. Retrieved August 27, 2021.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Shelby County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Shelbyville
City	Shelbyville	Map of Indiana highlighting Shelby County
Towns	Edinburgh‡ Fairland Morristown St. Paul‡
Townships	Addison Brandywine Hanover Hendricks Jackson Liberty Marion Moral Noble Shelby Sugar Creek Union Van Buren Washington
CDPs	Blue Ridge Boggstown Carrollton‡ Flat Rock Fountaintown Geneva Gwynneville London Marietta Marion Pleasant View Waldron
Other communities	Bengal Brookfield Clover Village Fenns Freeport Lewis Creek London Heights Meiks Meltzer Middletown Morven Mount Auburn Norristown Pleasure Valley Prescott Rays Crossing Sleepy Hollow Smithland Sugar Creek Walkerville Wilson Corner
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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