Official Name: | Luce 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: | 53.32 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 53.12 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.19 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2389 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 119 |
Elevation Ft: | 390 |
Coordinates: | 37.9131°N -87.2011°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-45216[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453584 |
Luce Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,389 and it contained 1,073 housing units.[3]
Luce Township was first settled about 1810; David Luce was among the first pioneer settlers.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.62%) is land and (or 0.36%) is water.[5]
Luce Township is in South Spencer County School Corporation.[6]
Prior to 1965, Luce Township had its own high school. The school colors were red and white, and the mascot was the Red Devils. It absorbed students from the former Grandview High School in 1943. In 1965, it merged into South Spencer High School.[7]