Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Clark Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Perry
Government Type:Indiana township
Unit Pref:Imperial
Area Total Sq Mi:74.84
Area Land Sq Mi:74.59
Area Water Sq Mi:0.26
Area Water Percent:0.35
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1063
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Elevation M:170
Elevation Ft:558
Coordinates:38.1839°N -86.7172°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:47118, 47513, 47515, 47532, 47576, 47577, 47586
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:453203

Clark Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,063 and it contained 489 housing units.[1]

History

Clark Township was named for Robert Clark, a pioneer settler.[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.67%) is land and (or 0.35%) is water.[3]

Unincorporated towns

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these fourteen cemeteries: Beard, Comstock, Crooks Thom, Enlow, Fox Ridge, Hobbs, Lanman, Lasher, Mount Pleasant, Sigler, Sigler, Stapleton, Taylor and Tenn Beard.

Major highways

School districts

Political districts

References

  1. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-11 . data.census.gov.
  2. Book: Hunt, Thomas James De la. Perry County: A History. 1916. W.K. Stewart. 20.
  3. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . dead . https://archive.today/20200212200301/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18123 . 2020-02-12 . 2013-05-10 . United States Census.

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