Washington Township Marion County | |
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Coordinates: 39°52′11″N86°8′39″W / 39.86972°N 86.14417°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Marion |
Named for | George Washington |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 49.7 sq mi (128.6 km2) |
• Land | 48.5 sq mi (125.7 km2) |
• Water | 1.1 sq mi (2.9 km2) |
Elevation | 715 ft (218 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 138,678 |
• Density | 2,800/sq mi (1,100/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 18-80792 [2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0454005 [3] |
Website | http://www.washtwp.org/ |
Washington Township is one of the nine townships of Marion County, Indiana, located in the northern part of the county. The township is entirely within the city of Indianapolis. The population as of the 2020 census was 138,678, up from 132,049 at the 2010 census. [4] The first settlement at Washington Township was made in 1819. [5]
On January 1, 2007, the Washington Township Fire Department became the first township fire department in Marion County to consolidate into the Indianapolis Fire Department as part of Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson's proposed Indy Works government cost-savings plan, even though Indy Works, which included merging of Marion County fire departments as part of its cost saving efforts, failed to pass in the City-County Council.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 2,400 | — | |
1900 | 3,238 | 34.9% | |
1910 | 5,679 | 75.4% | |
1920 | 12,517 | 120.4% | |
1930 | 34,793 | 178.0% | |
1940 | 42,978 | 23.5% | |
1950 | 62,147 | 44.6% | |
1960 | 97,861 | 57.5% | |
1970 | 126,136 | 28.9% | |
1980 | 129,008 | 2.3% | |
1990 | 133,969 | 3.8% | |
2000 | 132,927 | −0.8% | |
2010 | 132,049 | −0.7% | |
2020 | 138,678 | 5.0% | |
Source: US Decennial Census [6] |
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