Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana

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Gilboa Township
Township
Map highlighting Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana.svg
Location of Gilboa Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°41′36″N87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W / 40.69333; -87.15861 Coordinates: 40°41′36″N87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W / 40.69333; -87.15861
Country United States
State Indiana
County Benton
OrganizedDecember 1866
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total35.94 sq mi (93.1 km2)
 • Land35.94 sq mi (93.1 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
758 ft (231 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total282
 • Density7/sq mi (3/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code(s) 765
FIPS code 18-27630 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453330

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]

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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

Tri-County School Corporation Education

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References

Citations

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
  6. ↑ "Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper, and Newton counties, Indiana". Indiana State Library Digital Collections. 1883. p. 225. Retrieved 2022-06-03.

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