Union Township, Benton County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°41′28″N 87°15′50″W / 40.69111°N 87.26389°W / 40.69111; -87.26389[1]
(2020)
Union Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 283 and it contained 92 housing units.[3] The township was organized in June 1864 and named by John W. Nutt "because of the loyalty shown in furnishing soldiers for the Union army."[4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 982 | — | |
1900 | 978 | −0.4% | |
1910 | 790 | −19.2% | |
1920 | 688 | −12.9% | |
1930 | 674 | −2.0% | |
1940 | 598 | −11.3% | |
1950 | 558 | −6.7% | |
1960 | 540 | −3.2% | |
1970 | 405 | −25.0% | |
1980 | 367 | −9.4% | |
1990 | 294 | −19.9% | |
2000 | 278 | −5.4% | |
2010 | 255 | −8.3% | |
2020 | 283 | 11.0% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[5] |
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.77 square miles (92.6 km2), of which 35.76 square miles (92.6 km2) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) (or 0.03%) is water.[3]
Unincorporated towns
Adjacent townships
- Center (south)
- Gilboa (east)
- Pine (southeast)
- Richland (west)
- Carpenter Township, Jasper County (northeast)
- Grant Township, Newton County (northwest)
Major highways
References
Citations
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". US Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Sources
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
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- United Township Association of Indiana
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Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Fowler
communities
- Atkinson
- Barce
- Chase
- Dunnington
- Fargo
- Foresman
- Free
- Freeland Park
- Gravel Hill
- Handy
- Lochiel
- Powley Corners‡
- Swanington
- Talbot
- Wadena
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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