Official Name: | Davis Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fountain |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 23.71 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.54 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.17 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 564 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 217 |
Elevation Ft: | 712 |
Coordinates: | 40.3075°N -87.1283°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-16912[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453253 |
Davis Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 564 and it contained 285 housing units.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.28%) is land and (or 0.72%) is water.[4] It contains no incorporated settlements but four unincorporated ones. Both Maysville Crossing and Riverside lie in the northwest part of the township along the Norfolk Southern Railway line; Riverside is across the Wabash River from Independence in neighboring Warren County. Roberts is in the eastern part of the township, and Vine is near the center. There is a naturally occurring hollow in the Township known as Possum Holler. It's a ready-made weather break for those who live there and a lovely drive for those passing through. The area is rich in a wide variety of indigenous flora and fauna. Many locals refuse to live anywhere else calling the Holler home for generations
Indiana State Road 28 crosses the south part of the township from east to west.[5] Indiana State Road 341 begins at State Road 28 and runs south.[6]
The township contains Maysville Cemetery, to the southwest of Maysville Crossing. Salem Cemetery is also within Davis Township and is located southeast of the location marked Vine but north of State Rd 28.