Official Name: | Marion Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Shelby |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.95 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.82 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.12 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1935 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 77.5 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 241 |
Elevation Ft: | 791 |
Coordinates: | 39.5914°N -85.755°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-47052[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453613 |
Marion Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,923 and it contained 867 housing units.[4]
Marion Township was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, known as the Swamp Fox.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.48%) is land and (or 0.48%) is water.[4]