Official Name: | Helt Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vermillion |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 72.18 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 71.64 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.54 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.75 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2493 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 198 |
Elevation Ft: | 650 |
Coordinates: | 39.7589°N -87.4558°W |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 47842, 47847, 47854 |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453404 |
Helt Township is one of five townships in Vermillion County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,493 (down from 2,610 at 2010[3]) and it contained 1,107 housing units.
Helt Township was named for Daniel Helt, a pioneer who settled in Vermillion County in 1818.[4]
The Possum Bottom Covered Bridge and Salem Methodist Episcopal Church are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.25%) is land and (or 0.75%) is water.[3]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains nine cemeteries: Andrews, Bales, Bogart, Dinsmore, Helts Prairie, Higbie, Highland, Hollingsworth and Pisgah.