Official Name: | Busseron Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Knox |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 52.7 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 51.83 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.86 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1268 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 131 |
Elevation Ft: | 430 |
Coordinates: | 38.8478°N -87.4706°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-09514[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453147 |
Busseron Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,268 (down from 1,393 at 2010[3]) and it contained 639 housing units.[4]
Busseron Township was founded about 1810. It is named for François Riday Busseron,[5] a French resident of the area during the American Revolution.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.35%) is land and (or 1.63%) is water.[3]
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