Carter Township, Spencer County, Indiana

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Carter Township
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Coordinates: 38°09′21″N86°57′32″W / 38.15583°N 86.95889°W / 38.15583; -86.95889
Country United States
State Indiana
County Spencer
Government
  Type Indiana township
Area
  Total36.09 sq mi (93.5 km2)
  Land35.84 sq mi (92.8 km2)
  Water0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation
[1]
528 ft (161 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total3,228
  Density89/sq mi (35/km2)
FIPS code 18-10576 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453161

Carter Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,228 and it contained 1,311 housing units. [3]

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1890 2,125
1900 2,1330.4%
1910 2,065−3.2%
1920 2,1172.5%
1930 2,091−1.2%
1940 1,991−4.8%
1950 2,0191.4%
1960 2,1988.9%
1970 2,4099.6%
1980 3,16031.2%
1990 3,032−4.1%
2000 3,1212.9%
2010 3,2584.4%
2020 3,228−0.9%
Source: US Decennial Census [4]

History

Carter Township was named for Thomas Carter, a county commissioner. [5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.09 square miles (93.5 km2), of which 35.84 square miles (92.8 km2) (or 99.31%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (or 0.72%) is water. [6]

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

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  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  4. "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  5. History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1885. p. 272.
  6. "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 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.