View source for Bethany Township, Iredell County, North Carolina

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|official_name            = Bethany Township
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township|Township]]
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|subdivision_name         = {{flagicon|USA}}   United States
|subdivision_name1        = {{flagicon|North Carolina}} [[North Carolina]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell]]
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|government_type          = non-functioning administrative division
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|established_title        = Established
|established_date         = 1868
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|area_total_sq_mi         = 23.81
|area_land_sq_mi          = 23.61
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|population_as_of         = 2010
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|population_total         = 7277
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|population_density_sq_mi = 273.4
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|footnotes                = 2010 Census<ref name=Census2010>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=2010 Census for Iredell County|accessdate=February 26, 2019}}</ref>
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| map_caption                     = Bethany Township in [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell County]]
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'''Bethany Township''' is a non-functioning administrative division of [[Iredell County, North Carolina|Iredell County]], [[North Carolina]], United States. By the requirements of the North Carolina Constitution of 1868, the counties were divided into [[townships]], which included Bethany township as one of sixteen townships in Iredell County.<ref name=Constitution>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncleg.net/library/Documents/Constitution_1868.pdf|title=North Carolina Constitution of 1868|accessdate=February 26, 2019}}</ref><ref name=Keever>Keever, Homer M.; ''Iredell Piedmont County'', with illustrations by Louise Gilbert and maps by Mildred Jenkins Miller, published for the Iredell County Bicentennial Commission by Brady Printing Company from type set by the Statesville Record and Landmark, copyright, November 1976, by Homer M. Keever</ref><ref name=HeritageI>''The Heritage of Iredell County, 1980'', published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 28677, {{ISBN|0-89459-087-1}}, 642 pages with index</ref><ref name='HeritageII'>''The Heritage of Iredell County, NC Vol II, 2000'', published by the Genealogical Society of Iredell County, PO Box 946, Statesville, North Carolina 29866, LC # 00-110956, 574 pages with index</ref>
==Geography==
Bethany township is bounded by [[Olin Township, Iredell County, North Carolina|Olin]] township on the north, [[Concord Township, Iredell County, North Carolina|Concord]] township on the west, [[Statesville Township, Iredell County, North Carolina|Statesville]] township on the south, and [[Cool Springs Township, Iredell County, North Carolina|Cool Springs]] township on the east.
===History===
The following churches, schools, towns, and historical sites are or have been located in what became Bethany township in 1868:<ref name=Keever/><ref name='LewisPO'>Lewis, J.D.; {{cite web|title=Iredell County Towns with Post Offices|url=http://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Iredell_POs_Sorted.htm|accessdate=January 31, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Map">{{cite web|website=
North Carolina Map Collection|url=https://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ncmaps/id/413/rec/16|title=1917 Map of Iredell County|author=Kinney, NR|year=1917}}</ref>
*[[Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery#Bethany Presbyterian Church|Bethany Presbyterian Church]] (organized in 1775)
*[[Ebenezer Academy, Bethany Presbyterian Church and Cemetery#Ebenezer Academy|Ebenezer Academy]] (founded in 1822)
*Duffy School
*Fairview School House
*Houpe Store
*J. A. Morrison Store
*J. S. Gibson School
*Rose Chapel
*South River Church
==References==
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[[Category:Townships in Iredell County, North Carolina]]
[[Category:Townships in North Carolina]]
[[Category:1868 establishments in North Carolina]]
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