Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°41′36″N 87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W / 40.69333; -87.15861[1]
(2020)
Gilboa Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 282 and it contained 100 housing units.[4] It is named for Mount Gilboa, a prominence in the southern part of the township.[5] It was created in 1866 out of the northern part of Pine Township, after the petition of 21 residents there.[6]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 854 | — | |
1900 | 839 | −1.8% | |
1910 | 721 | −14.1% | |
1920 | 705 | −2.2% | |
1930 | 625 | −11.3% | |
1940 | 578 | −7.5% | |
1950 | 513 | −11.2% | |
1960 | 442 | −13.8% | |
1970 | 363 | −17.9% | |
1980 | 311 | −14.3% | |
1990 | 281 | −9.6% | |
2000 | 241 | −14.2% | |
2010 | 250 | 3.7% | |
2020 | 282 | 12.8% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[7] |
Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 35.94 square miles (93.1 km2), all land.[4]
Adjacent townships
- Center (southwest)
- Pine (south)
- Union (west)
- Carpenter Township, Jasper County (north)
- Princeton Township, White County (northeast)
- Round Grove Township, White County (southeast)
- West Point Township, White County (east)
Tri-County School Corporation Education
- Gilboa Township is served by the Tri-County School Corporation which also serves Carpenter Township in Jasper County and Princeton, West Point, and Round Grove Townships in White County.
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.
- ^ "Gilboa 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.
- ^ "Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper, and Newton counties, Indiana". Indiana State Library Digital Collections. 1883. p. 225. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Sources
- "Gilboa 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
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Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana, United States
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- Gravel Hill
- Handy
- Lochiel
- Powley Corners‡
- Swanington
- Talbot
- Wadena
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