Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana

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Oil Township
Township
Map highlighting Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana.svg
Location in Perry County
Coordinates: 38°10′47″N86°33′49″W / 38.17972°N 86.56361°W / 38.17972; -86.56361
Country Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
State Flag of Indiana.svg  Indiana
County Perry
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total66.59 sq mi (172.5 km2)
 • Land66.38 sq mi (171.9 km2)
 • Water0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.32%
Elevation
528 ft (161 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total2,545
 • Density38/sq mi (15/km2)
ZIP codes
47118, 47137, 47514, 47515, 47520, 47551, 47576, 47586
GNIS feature ID 453686

Oil Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,545 and it contained 532 housing units. [1]

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 1,992—
1900 1,907−4.3%
1910 1,735−9.0%
1920 1,566−9.7%
1930 1,348−13.9%
1940 1,3631.1%
1950 1,078−20.9%
1960 806−25.2%
1970 8859.8%
1980 8941.0%
1990 1,63983.3%
2000 2,03224.0%
2010 2,54625.3%
2020 2,5450.0%
Source: US Decennial Census [2]

History

Oil Township took its name from Oil Creek. [3]

The Jacob Rickenbaugh House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 66.59 square miles (172.5 km2), of which 66.38 square miles (171.9 km2) (or 99.68%) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) (or 0.32%) is water. [5]

Unincorporated towns

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these sixteen cemeteries: Bangle, Colby, Ewing, German Ridge, Guillaume, Jeffries, Jones, Luxenburger, Miller, Rickenbaugh, Senn, Sprinkle, Underhill, Valley, Walker and Woolums.

Major highways

School districts

It is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation. [6]

Prior to 1962, Oil Township had its own high school. The school colors were green and white, and the mascot was the Oilers. That year, it merged into Perry Central High School. [7]

Political districts

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References

  1. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  3. ↑ Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p.  22.
  4. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ↑ "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.
  6. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Perry County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list
  7. ↑ Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living . Evansville, Indiana . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
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