Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°31′06″N 87°28′47″W / 40.51833°N 87.47972°W / 40.51833; -87.47972[1]
(2020)
Hickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 398 and it contained 168 housing units.[4] It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove of hickory trees that grew within its borders in the 19th century.[5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 962 | — | |
1900 | 1,191 | 23.8% | |
1910 | 1,026 | −13.9% | |
1920 | 1,109 | 8.1% | |
1930 | 989 | −10.8% | |
1940 | 877 | −11.3% | |
1950 | 816 | −7.0% | |
1960 | 799 | −2.1% | |
1970 | 679 | −15.0% | |
1980 | 560 | −17.5% | |
1990 | 476 | −15.0% | |
2000 | 404 | −15.1% | |
2010 | 409 | 1.2% | |
2020 | 398 | −2.7% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[6] |
Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 28.9 square miles (75 km2), all land.[4]
Cities and towns
Unincorporated towns
Adjacent townships
- Grant (east)
- Parish Grove (north)
- Prairie Township, Warren County (south)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains one cemetery, Totheroh.
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.
- ^ "Hickory Grove 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
- "Hickory Grove 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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