Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana
Moral Township was organized before 1840.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.7 square miles (95 km), of which 36.56 square miles (94.7 km) (or 99.62%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km) (or 0.38%) is water.
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, this is the deadliest aviation disaster in the history of Indiana.
Unincorporated towns
- Brookfield
- Green Meadows
- London
- London Heights
- Pleasant View
- Sugar Creek
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.
- ^ "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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