Point Township, Posey County, Indiana

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Point Township
Posey County
Map highlighting Point Township, Posey County, Indiana.svg
Coordinates: 37°50′17″N87°59′37″W / 37.83806°N 87.99361°W / 37.83806; -87.99361
Country United States
State Indiana
County Posey
Government
  Type Indiana township
Area
  Total55.06 sq mi (142.61 km2)
  Land49.2 sq mi (127.42 km2)
  Water5.87 sq mi (15.2 km2)
Elevation
[1]
371 ft (113 m)
Population
 (2020)
  Total306
  Density5.6/sq mi (2.1/km2)
FIPS code 18-60858 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453753

Point Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 306. [3] The lowest, the southernmost, and the westernmost points in Indiana are all located along the township's boundaries.

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note
1890 1,086
1900 1,40429.3%
1910 1,164−17.1%
1920 937−19.5%
1930 807−13.9%
1940 8232.0%
1950 571−30.6%
1960 457−20.0%
1970 415−9.2%
1980 4436.7%
1990 4777.7%
2000 4974.2%
2010 381−23.3%
2020 306−19.7%
Source: US Decennial Census [4]

History

Point Township was organized in 1822. [5] The township was so named for the fact the southernmost point in the county and state is contained within its borders. [6]

The Ashworth Archaeological Site, Hovey Lake Archaeological District, and Murphy Archeological Site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [7]

Adjacent Townships

Unincorporated Places

Education

It is within the Metropolitan School District of Mt. Vernon, [8] which operates Mount Vernon High School.

Archaeology

Point Township is the location of many significant archaeological sites. Among the leading ones are Ashworth in the township's northeast, Bone Bank along the Wabash River in the west, [9] and Murphy, Hovey Lake-Klein, and Welborn in the south central. [9]

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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. History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 317.
  6. Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p.  77.
  7. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  8. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Posey County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 11, 2024. - Text list
  9. 1 2 Adams, William R. Archaeological Notes on Posey County Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1949, 70.