More arrived in 1829, including the three Pence brothers who donated the land upon which the city of Frankfort was built.

As the geographic and business center of the county, numerous railroads where laid through the township and included the Monon, the Vandalia, the Toledo, St. Louis and Western, the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern, and the Kokomo.

[5] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 20.62 square miles (53.4 km2), all land.

[4] (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

The township contains two cemeteries: Greenlawn Memorial Park and Old South.