Laughery Township, Ripley County, Indiana

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Laughery Township
Township
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Coordinates: 39°15′07″N85°15′14″W / 39.25194°N 85.25389°W / 39.25194; -85.25389
Country United States
State Indiana
County Ripley
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
25.97 sq mi (67.3 km2)
 • Land25.85 sq mi (67.0 km2)
 • Water0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2)
Elevation
[1]
906 ft (276 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
5,090
 • Density197/sq mi (76.0/km2)
Area code 812
FIPS code 18-42336 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453542

Laughery Township is one of eleven townships in Ripley County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,090 (up from 4,736 at 2010 [3] ) and it contained 2,108 housing units. [4]

Contents

Laughery Township took its name from Laughery Creek. [5]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 2,101—
1900 2,45917.0%
1910 2,88317.2%
1920 3,0826.9%
1930 3,46412.4%
1940 3,7548.4%
1950 3,9023.9%
1960 4,1486.3%
1970 4,2312.0%
1980 4,3573.0%
1990 4,4411.9%
2000 4,5813.2%
2010 4,7363.4%
2020 5,0907.5%
Source: US Decennial Census [6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25.97 square miles (67.3 km2), of which 25.85 square miles (67.0 km2) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) (or 0.46%) is water. [3]

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

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 10, 2024.
  5. ↑ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History . Indiana University Press. p.  193. ISBN   978-0-253-32866-3. The name is for Laughery Creek via Laughery Township...
  6. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".


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