Bolivar Township, Benton County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°31′35″N 87°09′54″W / 40.52639°N 87.16500°W / 40.52639; -87.16500[1]
(2020)
Bolivar Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,179 and it contained 514 housing units.[4] Bolivar Township was organized in March 1860 and named for South American liberator Simón Bolivar.[5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 1,087 | — | |
1900 | 1,178 | 8.4% | |
1910 | 1,402 | 19.0% | |
1920 | 1,374 | −2.0% | |
1930 | 1,254 | −8.7% | |
1940 | 1,149 | −8.4% | |
1950 | 1,265 | 10.1% | |
1960 | 1,331 | 5.2% | |
1970 | 1,372 | 3.1% | |
1980 | 1,235 | −10.0% | |
1990 | 1,277 | 3.4% | |
2000 | 1,310 | 2.6% | |
2010 | 1,252 | −4.4% | |
2020 | 1,179 | −5.8% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[6] |
Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km2), all land.[4]
Cities and towns
- Otterbein (west half)
Unincorporated towns
Adjacent townships
- Center (northwest)
- Oak Grove (west)
- Pine (north)
- Adams Township, Warren County (southwest)
- Medina Township, Warren County (south)
- Round Grove Township, White County (northeast)
- Shelby Township, Tippecanoe County (east)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery, Griffin.
Education
Benton Community School Corporation
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.
- ^ "Bolivar 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, Incorporated. p. 21.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Sources
- "Bolivar 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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