Official Name: | Henry Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 290px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Fulton |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 46.75 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 46.45 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.3 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3072 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 65.6 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 254 |
Elevation Ft: | 833 |
Coordinates: | 41.0397°N -86.0536°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-33106[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453406 |
Henry Township is one of eight townships in Fulton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,072 (up from 3,048 at 2010[4]) and it contained 1,190 housing units.
When Fulton County was organized in January 1836, Henry Township was a part of Rochester Township, and remained this way until 1838. However, no one settled in the township until February 1836, when four men settled there with their families. Henry Township is named after Henry Hoover, who was, at the time of naming, the oldest resident of the township.[5]
The Prill School and Utter-Gerig Round Barn are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.36%) is land and (or 0.64%) is water.[4]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains two cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Mount Hope Athens.
Henry Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Akron Carnegie Public Library in Akron.[6]