Union Township Gibson County | |
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Coordinates: 38°14′47″N87°33′19″W / 38.24639°N 87.55528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Gibson |
Township Seat | Fort Branch |
School District | South Gibson School Corporation |
Named for | The Union |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
• Trustee | Brenda Sollman |
Area | |
• Total | 50.43 sq mi (130.6 km2) |
• Land | 50.31 sq mi (130.3 km2) |
• Water | 0.12 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
Elevation | 456 ft (139 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 4,399 |
• Density | 87/sq mi (34/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP code | 47648 |
Area code | 812 |
FIPS code | 18-77300 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 453916 |
Union Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,399 (up from 4,197 at 2010 [3] ) and it contained 1,938 housing units, [4] more than 90% of which live either within or in areas adjacent to the town of Fort Branch. Fort Branch is the township seat. Nearly all of the Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana Complex is located within Union Township.
Union Township was established in 1890. [5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1900 | 2,149 | — | |
1910 | 2,507 | 16.7% | |
1920 | 2,519 | 0.5% | |
1930 | 2,378 | −5.6% | |
1940 | 2,707 | 13.8% | |
1950 | 3,192 | 17.9% | |
1960 | 3,529 | 10.6% | |
1970 | 3,788 | 7.3% | |
1980 | 4,197 | 10.8% | |
1990 | 4,031 | −4.0% | |
2000 | 3,954 | −1.9% | |
2010 | 4,197 | 6.1% | |
2020 | 4,399 | 4.8% | |
Source: US Decennial Census [6] |
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 50.43 square miles (130.6 km2), of which 50.31 square miles (130.3 km2) (or 99.76%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2) (or 0.24%) is water. [3]
The township contains three cemeteries: Durham, Mount Mariah and Walnut Hill.
Union Township is the center of the South Gibson School Corporation.
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Haubstadt is the second largest town, after Fort Branch, and fourth largest community in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,638 at the 2020 census. Haubstadt has recently become a bedroom community of Evansville and such, is part of the Evansville, Indiana, Metropolitan Area.
Owensville is the third largest town and the smallest of the five larger communities in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,338 in 2020.
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