title: Brandywine Township, Hancock County, Indiana
text: # Brandywine Township, Hancock County, Indiana
  
  Brandywine Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,392 and it contained 892 housing units.
  
  ## History
  
  Brandywine Township was organized in 1828. It was named from the Brandywine Creek.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.24 square miles (62.8 $km^2),$ of which 24.23 square miles (62.8 $km^2)$ (or 99.96%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 $km^2)$ (or 0.04%) is water. The streams of Maxwell Ditch and Wilson Ditch run through this township.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Greenfield (south edge)
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Carrollton
  * Reedville Station
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Center Township (north)
  * Blue River Township (east)
  * Hanover Township, Shelby County (southeast)
  * Van Buren Township, Shelby County (south)
  * Sugar Creek Township (west)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains one cemetery, Little Sugar Creek.
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * U.S. Route 52
  * Indiana State Road 9
  
  ### Airports and landing strips
  
  * Osgood Field
  