Official Name: | Elmore 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: | 35.33 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 34.98 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.35 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1120 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 312.0 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 150 |
Elevation Ft: | 492 |
Coordinates: | 38.8622°N -87.0714°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-20962[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453277 |
Elmore Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,120 and it contained 462 housing units.[3]
Elmore Township was organized on 13 August 1821 from the northern part of Bogard Township. It was named for the Elmore family; although they were not the first settlers (they arrived in 1818, two years after the first settlement), they owned land near the township's voting location. The township's population fluctuated greatly in its early years; many individuals built boats and floated down the White River, while large numbers of people from other states settled in the township. Perhaps the most significant growth occurred in 1825, when at least five Tennessee families and at least one family from Kentucky settled in the township.[4]
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.00%) is land and 0.35sqmi (or 1.00%) is water.[5] Indian Pond is in this township.
The township contains three cemeteries: Fairview and Ketchem.