Official Name: | Hammond 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: | 42.1 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 40.92 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.17 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1579 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 122 |
Elevation Ft: | 400 |
Coordinates: | 37.9794°N -86.9597°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-31018[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453367 |
Hammond Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,579 and it contained 694 housing units.[3] Hammond Township contains the city of Grandview.
The Hammond family settled in Hammond Township in about 1814.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 97.20%) is land and (or 2.78%) is water.[5]