Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
39°07′21″N 86°31′08″W / 39.12250°N 86.51889°W / 39.12250; -86.51889[1]
(2020)[2]
47401, 47403, 47404
Perry Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 50,673 and it contained 24,194 housing units.[3]
History
Perry Township was established in 1830.[4] It was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.[5]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.48 square miles (91.9 km2), of which 35.36 square miles (91.6 km2) (or 99.66%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) (or 0.34%) is water.[3]
Cities, towns, villages
- Bloomington (southern half of the city, south of [approximately] Third Street)
Unincorporated towns
- Broadview at 39°08′23″N 86°32′18″W / 39.13977°N 86.538330°W / 39.13977; -86.538330
- Clear Creek at 39°06′33″N 86°32′24″W / 39.109214°N 86.539997°W / 39.109214; -86.539997
- Handy at 39°05′45″N 86°29′38″W / 39.095881°N 86.493884°W / 39.095881; -86.493884
- Hoosier Acres at 39°09′28″N 86°29′13″W / 39.157825°N 86.48694°W / 39.157825; -86.48694
- Ridgemede at 39°09′07″N 86°30′11″W / 39.151992°N 86.503052°W / 39.151992; -86.503052
- Sanders at 39°04′47″N 86°30′48″W / 39.079770°N 86.513329°W / 39.079770; -86.513329
- Sunny Slopes at 39°07′55″N 86°31′52″W / 39.131992°N 86.531108°W / 39.131992; -86.531108
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Cemeteries
The township contains Mount Salem Cemetery.
Major highways
School districts
- Monroe County Community School Corporation
Political districts
- Indiana's 9th congressional district
- State House District 60
- State House District 61
- State Senate District 40
Gallery
- Kalacakra Stupa, Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
- All Saints' Orthodox Church on a winter day
- A county road crossing Clear Creek
- An old limestone quarry
References
- "Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- IndianaMap
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 381.
- ^ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 417.
External links
- Indiana Township Association
- United Township Association of Indiana
- City-Data.com page for Perry Township
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Places adjacent to Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana