Grass Township, Spencer County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Grass Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Spencer
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:45.69
Area Land Sq Mi:45.36
Area Water Sq Mi:0.33
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1113
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:138
Elevation Ft:453
Coordinates:38.0022°N -88°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-28944[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:453338

Grass Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,113 and it contained 514 housing units.[3] Grass Township contains the city of Chrisney.

History

Grass Township was founded about 1816, and named for Daniel Grass.[4] Daniel Grass was one of the first pioneer settlers in the area.[5]

Geography

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.[6]

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  3. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-11 . data.census.gov.
  4. Book: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present . 1885. Goodspeed. 269.
  5. Book: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present . 1885. Goodspeed. 259.
  6. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . dead . https://archive.today/20200212203917/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18147 . 2020-02-12 . 2013-05-10 . United States Census.

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