Official Name: | Bogard Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Daviess |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.75 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 36.44 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.31 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1592 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 148 |
Elevation Ft: | 486 |
Coordinates: | 38.7692°N -87.0739°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-06274[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453121 |
Bogard Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,592 (up from 1,473 at 2010[3]) and it contained 408 housing units.[4]
Bogard Township was organized on 9 May 1820. Among its earliest settlers was North Carolina native Elias Myers, who arrived in 1816 and purchased of land in the following year. Its namesake was a W. Bogard, who was a victim of an attack by Indians.[5]
The McCall Family Farmstead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.16%) is land and (or 0.84%) is water.[3]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains five cemeteries: Concord, Cornettsville, Humphries, Tolberts Chapel and Wells.