Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana

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Lewis Township
Township
Map highlighting Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana.svg
Location of Lewis Township in Clay County
Coordinates: 39°13′21″N87°11′23″W / 39.22250°N 87.18972°W / 39.22250; -87.18972
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clay
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total44.22 sq mi (114.5 km2)
 • Land44.05 sq mi (114.1 km2)
 • Water0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation
[1]
548 ft (167 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total1,373
 • Density31/sq mi (12/km2)
FIPS code 18-43002 [2]
GNIS feature ID453548

Lewis Township is one of eleven townships in Clay County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,373 (down from 1,464 at 2010 [3] ) and it contained 613 housing units. [4]

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History

Lewis Township was organized in the 1840s. It was named for Lewis Cass. [5]

Elijah Rawley was one of the first settlers in what became Lewis Township, arriving in about 1823, and built a mill on the Eel River near "Old Hill." [6] Thus "Old Hill" or "The Old Hill" is among the oldest settled points on the Eel River. [7] In fact, according to a 1902 article, when the county was organized in 1825, " 'The Old Hill' was the most frequented and noted point within its borders." [8] From 1848 until 1853, a Carrithers Township existed, and the voting place was at Rawley's, at the intersection of current County Roads 525W and 600 South. [9]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.22 square miles (114.5 km2), of which 44.05 square miles (114.1 km2) (or 99.62%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (or 0.38%) is water. [3]

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Major highways

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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 7, 2024.
  5. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  83.
  6. ↑ History of Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana (1916)
  7. ↑ (21 July 1889). News of the Neighborhood, Daily Wabash Express
  8. ↑ The Clay County Researcher (Spring 1990)
  9. ↑ (10 May 2016). Clay County Through the Years: Carrithers Township, The Brazil Times
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