Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana

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Johnson Township
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Coordinates: 38°34′08″N87°30′37″W / 38.56889°N 87.51028°W / 38.56889; -87.51028
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
County Knox
Government
  Type Indiana township
Area
  Total50.98 sq mi (132.0 km2)
  Land50.51 sq mi (130.8 km2)
  Water0.47 sq mi (1.2 km2)
Elevation
[1]
502 ft (153 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total1,237
  Density24/sq mi (9.4/km2)
FIPS code 18-38700 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453513

Johnson Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,237 (down from 1,382 at 2010 [3] ) and it contained 586 housing units. [4]

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1890 1,967
1900 2,52228.2%
1910 2,6244.0%
1920 2,311−11.9%
1930 2,4144.5%
1940 2,233−7.5%
1950 1,962−12.1%
1960 1,714−12.6%
1970 1,544−9.9%
1980 1,501−2.8%
1990 1,449−3.5%
2000 1,4862.6%
2010 1,382−7.0%
2020 1,237−10.5%
Source: US Decennial Census [5]

History

Johnson Township is named for Thomas Johnson, an early pioneer settler who arrived in 1800, settling on land that later became the Purcell Station area. His son Thomas Johnson Jr. expanded the property and married into the Catt family. [6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 50.98 square miles (132.0 km2), of which 50.51 square miles (130.8 km2) (or 99.08%) is land and 0.47 square miles (1.2 km2) (or 0.92%) is water. [3] The town of Decker, formerly called Deckertown," is in this township (not Decker Township).

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References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  5. "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  6. History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. p. 81.