Morgan County Townships

Indiana Statue establishes that each county has a varying number of townships. The elected trustee has an elected board of three to work with and oversee the duties assigned to the trustees. The duties are primarily:

• – Providing fire protection
• – Providing for poor relief and burial of the indigent
• – Maintaining cemeteries and burial grounds
• – Resolving fence disputes
• – Controlling weeds and underbrush
• – Managing the township budget and financial records
• – Preparing an annual financial report

Morgan County has 14 such townships, and trustee’s addresses and telephone numbers are listed below.