Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°26′41″N 87°28′21″W / 38.44472°N 87.47250°W / 38.44472; -87.47250CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyGibsonTownship Seat(None)
Patoka in White River Township serves as seat.School DistrictNorth Gibson School CorporationNamed forGeorge WashingtonGovernment

• TypeIndiana township • TrusteeTony ShroederArea

• Total36.79 sq mi (95.3 km²) • Land36.34 sq mi (94.1 km²) • Water0.44 sq mi (1.1 km²)Elevation

^[1]

499 ft (152 m)Population

(2020)

• Total731 • Density20/sq mi (7.7/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (CST) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

47567, 47640, 47649, 47666, 47670

Area code812FIPS code18-80612^[2]GNIS feature ID453995Washington Township is one of two townships in Gibson County that has no Zip Code or Township Seat. Although Oatsville, on the county line with Pike County has its own code.

Washington Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 731 (down from 785 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 326 housing units.^[4] Like Wabash Township, Washington Township also has no organized seat within the township, despite its two corporation-worthy towns Mount Olympus and Wheeling. Patoka, in White River Township, serves as the seat.

Washington Township was organized in 1824, and named for President George Washington.^[5]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,576	—
1900	1,904	20.8%
1910	1,546	−18.8%
1920	1,503	−2.8%
1930	1,378	−8.3%
1940	1,260	−8.6%
1950	1,013	−19.6%
1960	816	−19.4%
1970	698	−14.5%
1980	718	2.9%
1990	714	−0.6%
2000	703	−1.5%
2010	785	11.7%
2020	731	−6.9%
Source: US Decennial Census^[6]

History

The Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with a boundary increase in 2009.^[7]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.79 square miles (95.3 km²), of which 36.34 square miles (94.1 km²) (or 98.78%) is land and 0.44 square miles (1.1 km²) (or 1.20%) is water.^[3]

Point of Interest

Unincorporated towns

Adjacent townships

Gibson County

Knox County

Johnson Township (north)

Pike County

Clay Township (northeast)
Logan Township (east)

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Armstrong, Kirk, Kirk-McRoberts, Phillips and Richardson.

Major highways

Education

Washington Township is served by the North Gibson School Corporation although not having any schools of its own since the early 1970s.

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "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 "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 10, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ Stormont, Gil R. (1914). History of Gibson County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 379–380.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.