York Township, Benton County, Indiana

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York Township
Township
Map highlighting York Township, Benton County, Indiana.svg
Location of York Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°42′03″N87°29′03″W / 40.70083°N 87.48417°W / 40.70083; -87.48417
Country United States
State Indiana
County Benton
OrganizedJune 1860
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
27.5 sq mi (71 km2)
 • Land27.49 sq mi (71.2 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
784 ft (239 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
155
 • Density5.6/sq mi (2.2/km2)
Time zone UTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code 219
FIPS code 18-85940 [2]
GNIS feature ID 454066

York Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 155 and it contained 82 housing units. [3] It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming. [4]

Contents

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 625—
1900 593−5.1%
1910 550−7.3%
1920 510−7.3%
1930 492−3.5%
1940 385−21.7%
1950 342−11.2%
1960 336−1.8%
1970 288−14.3%
1980 245−14.9%
1990 224−8.6%
2000 2417.6%
2010 181−24.9%
2020 155−14.4%
Source: US Decennial Census [5]

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 27.5 square miles (71 km2), all land. [3] Since 2006 the township has the latest annual sunset of any location in Indiana (every late June about a week after the solstice) when the entire eastern time zone part of Indiana for the first time was completely on day light savings time, and latest annual sunrise of any location in Indiana (in the first week of January) since 1967 when it joined Eastern time zone along with all of Benton County and many other Indiana counties.

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Blue Ridge and Fleming.

Education

It is in the South Newton School Corporation. [6]

The Benton County Public Library operates the York Township Public Library. [7]

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 "Explore Census Data". US Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ↑ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
  5. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  6. ↑ Geography Division. 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Benton County, IN (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved June 7, 2025. - Text list
  7. ↑ "Libraries". Benton County Government. Retrieved June 7, 2025. York Township Public Library [...] 8908 West 845 North Earl Park, IN 47942
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