Oil Township | |
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Coordinates: 38°10′47″N86°33′49″W / 38.17972°N 86.56361°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Perry |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 66.59 sq mi (172.5 km2) |
• Land | 66.38 sq mi (171.9 km2) |
• Water | 0.21 sq mi (0.5 km2) 0.32% |
Elevation | 528 ft (161 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 2,545 |
• Density | 38/sq mi (15/km2) |
ZIP codes | 47118, 47137, 47514, 47515, 47520, 47551, 47576, 47586 |
GNIS feature ID | 453686 |
Oil Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,545 and it contained 532 housing units. [1]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 1,992 | — | |
1900 | 1,907 | −4.3% | |
1910 | 1,735 | −9.0% | |
1920 | 1,566 | −9.7% | |
1930 | 1,348 | −13.9% | |
1940 | 1,363 | 1.1% | |
1950 | 1,078 | −20.9% | |
1960 | 806 | −25.2% | |
1970 | 885 | 9.8% | |
1980 | 894 | 1.0% | |
1990 | 1,639 | 83.3% | |
2000 | 2,032 | 24.0% | |
2010 | 2,546 | 25.3% | |
2020 | 2,545 | 0.0% | |
Source: US Decennial Census [2] |
Oil Township took its name from Oil Creek. [3]
The Jacob Rickenbaugh House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 66.59 square miles (172.5 km2), of which 66.38 square miles (171.9 km2) (or 99.68%) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km2) (or 0.32%) is water. [5]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains these sixteen cemeteries: Bangle, Colby, Ewing, German Ridge, Guillaume, Jeffries, Jones, Luxenburger, Miller, Rickenbaugh, Senn, Sprinkle, Underhill, Valley, Walker and Woolums.
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