Official Name: | Knight Township Vanderburgh County |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Vanderburgh |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 34.79 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 34.19 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.6 |
Area Water Percent: | 1.72 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 68625 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1987.3 |
Elevation M: | 118 |
Elevation Ft: | 387 |
Coordinates: | 37.9675°N -87.4967°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 47711, 47713, 47714, 47715 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453528 |
Knight Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 67,945 and it contained 33,472 housing units.[2] Knight Township has the largest township population in Southwestern Indiana and is the home of nearly 40 percent of Vanderburgh County's population. On October 1, 2009, the City of Evansville officially annexed territory within Knight Township bounded between Burkhardt Road, the Lloyd Expressway and Morgan Avenue.
Knight Township was organized in 1840.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.28%) is land and (or 1.72%) is water.[2]
The township contains these two cemeteries: Oak Hill and Oates Memorial Park.