Lynn Township, Posey County, Indiana

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Lynn Township
Posey County
Map highlighting Lynn Township, Posey County, Indiana.svg
Coordinates: 38°02′49″N87°55′34″W / 38.04694°N 87.92611°W / 38.04694; -87.92611
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Government
  Type Indiana township
Area
  Total44.71 sq mi (115.79 km2)
  Land43.63 sq mi (112.99 km2)
  Water1.08 sq mi (2.8 km2)
Elevation
[1]
433 ft (132 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total810
  Density18/sq mi (7.0/km2)
FIPS code 18-45450 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453585

Lynn Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 810. [3]

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1890 1,471
1900 1,382−6.1%
1910 1,297−6.2%
1920 1,047−19.3%
1930 967−7.6%
1940 912−5.7%
1950 825−9.5%
1960 702−14.9%
1970 649−7.5%
1980 89137.3%
1990 99111.2%
2000 945−4.6%
2010 895−5.3%
2020 810−9.5%
Source: US Decennial Census [4]

History

Lynn Township was organized in 1817. [5] The township bears the name of Dan Lynn, a state legislator. [6]

Adjacent Townships

Unincorporated Places

Education

It is within the Metropolitan School District of Mt. Vernon, [7] which operates Mount Vernon High School.

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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. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
  4. "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  5. Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p.  77.
  6. History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 304.
  7. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Posey County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 11, 2024. - Text list