Moral Township, Shelby County, Indiana

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]

Moral Township
Township
Coordinates: 39°38′56″N 85°53′32″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 [1]	794 ft (242 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	4,617
• Density	125.2/sq mi (48.3/km2)
FIPS code	18-50994[3]
GNIS feature ID	453652

Moral Township was organized before 1840.^[5]

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]

Unincorporated towns

• Brookfield
• Green Meadows
• London
• London Heights
• Pleasant View
• Sugar Creek