Marion Township, Dubois County, Indiana

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Marion Township
Township
Dubois - Marion.jpg
Beaver Lake, located in Marion Township
Map highlighting Marion Township, Dubois County, Indiana.svg
Location of Marion Township in Dubois County
Coordinates: 38°24′02″N86°50′15″W / 38.40056°N 86.83750°W / 38.40056; -86.83750
Country United States
State Indiana
County Dubois
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
32.66 sq mi (84.6 km2)
 • Land31.71 sq mi (82.1 km2)
 • Water0.95 sq mi (2.5 km2)
Elevation
[1]
499 ft (152 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
1,432
 • Density47.3/sq mi (18.3/km2)
FIPS code 18-46890 [3]
GNIS feature ID 453605

Marion Township is one of twelve townships in Dubois County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,501 and it contained 767 housing units. [4]

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History

Marion Township was created from land given by Bainbridge, Hall, Columbia, Harbison, and Patoka townships. [5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.66 square miles (84.6 km2), of which 31.71 square miles (82.1 km2) (or 97.09%) is land and 0.95 square miles (2.5 km2) (or 2.91%) is water. [4]

Unincorporated towns

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Education

Marion Township is in Northeast Dubois County School Corporation. [6] The comprehensive high school of that school district is Northeast Dubois High School.

In 1948 Harbison and Marion townships were planning a joint high school. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Marion Township, Dubois County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp.  359.
  6. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dubois County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list.
  7. ↑ "Hark the Herald-- This Is The Law On Holding Company School Financing". Dubois County Daily Herald . Vol. 53, no. 236. Jasper, Indiana. July 14, 1948. pp.  1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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