Reeve Township, Daviess County, Indiana

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Reeve Township
Township
Map highlighting Reeve Township, Daviess County, Indiana.svg
Location of Reeve Township in Daviess County
Coordinates: 38°33′47″N86°58′32″W / 38.56306°N 86.97556°W / 38.56306; -86.97556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Daviess
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total44.95 sq mi (116.4 km2)
 • Land43.88 sq mi (113.6 km2)
 • Water1.06 sq mi (2.7 km2)
Elevation
[1]
512 ft (156 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total624
 • Density14/sq mi (5.4/km2)
FIPS code 18-63702 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453785

Reeve Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 624 (down from 631 at 2010 [3] ) and it contained 246 housing units. [4]

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Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 1,674—
1900 1,7846.6%
1910 1,576−11.7%
1920 1,232−21.8%
1930 1,019−17.3%
1940 1,15513.3%
1950 1,024−11.3%
1960 804−21.5%
1970 641−20.3%
1980 72312.8%
1990 632−12.6%
2000 69610.1%
2010 631−9.3%
2020 624−1.1%
Source: US Decennial Census [5]

History

Reeve Township was organized on May 12, 1817, at the first meeting of the Daviess County Commissioners. It was named for its earliest resident, South Carolina native Joshua Reeve, who had settled in the township in 1808. As the first settler in the area, Reeve lived in an isolated cabin in the forest; in order to obtain needed supplies, he was forced to travel to Vincennes. Desiring to simplify his travels, Reeve blazed a trail through the woods from his home to Vincennes; in later years, the route became a road, and by the early twentieth century it had become one of the county's leading highways. [6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.95 square miles (116.4 km2), of which 43.88 square miles (113.6 km2) (or 97.62%) is land and 1.06 square miles (2.7 km2) (or 2.36%) is water. [3] Big Piney Pond and Little Piney Pond are in this township.

Cities and towns

Unincorporated communities

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: the Alfordsville Christian Cemetery just north of town, Old Union Cemetery on the land originally owned by James Allen and his wife, Mary Hizer Allen, southwest of town, and the Helpenstine Cemetery (also known as the McCord Cemetery) east of town on the County Line Road.

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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 8, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  6. ↑ Fulkerson, A.O., ed. History of Daviess County Indiana: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Bowen: Indianapolis, 1915, 274.
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