Official Name: | Greensfork Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Randolph |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 46.09 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 46.04 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1083 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 366 |
Elevation Ft: | 1201 |
Coordinates: | 40.0581°N -84.8669°W |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-29736[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453354 |
Greensfork Township is one of eleven townships in Randolph County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,083 (slightly up from 1,082 at 2010[4]) and it contained 448 housing units.
Greensfork Township was organized in 1818.[5] It was the site of the Greenville Settlement, one of three communities developed by free people of color who settled here by the mid-nineteenth century. Their children were among those who attended the Union Literary Institute, founded in the township by Quakers and free people of color after the state prohibited 'colored children' from attending public schools.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.89%) is land and (or 0.11%) is water.[4]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)