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.
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]
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]