Center Township, Benton County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°36′15″N 87°17′43″W / 40.60417°N 87.29528°W / 40.60417; -87.29528[1]
(2020)
Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,715 and it contained 1,212 housing units.[4] It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.[5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 2,219 | — | |
1900 | 2,546 | 14.7% | |
1910 | 2,490 | −2.2% | |
1920 | 2,529 | 1.6% | |
1930 | 2,624 | 3.8% | |
1940 | 2,840 | 8.2% | |
1950 | 3,012 | 6.1% | |
1960 | 3,345 | 11.1% | |
1970 | 3,418 | 2.2% | |
1980 | 3,062 | −10.4% | |
1990 | 2,875 | −6.1% | |
2000 | 2,854 | −0.7% | |
2010 | 2,757 | −3.4% | |
2020 | 2,715 | −1.5% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[6] |
Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 53.82 square miles (139.4 km2), of which 53.81 square miles (139.4 km2) (or 99.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) (or 0.02%) is water.[4]
Cities and towns
- Fowler (the county seat)
Unincorporated towns
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
- Bolivar (southeast)
- Gilboa (northeast)
- Grant (southwest)
- Oak Grove (south)
- Parish Grove (west)
- Pine (east)
- Richland (northwest)
- Union (north)
Major highways
U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 52
State Road 18
State Road 55
Education
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.
- ^ "Center Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". U.S. 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
- "Center Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Fowler
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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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