Official Name: | Needham Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Johnson |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.03 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.01 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7573 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 186 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 220 |
Elevation Ft: | 722 |
Coordinates: | 39.4872°N -85.9994°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-52164[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453658 |
Needham Township was one of nine townships in Johnson County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,511 and it contained 2,613 housing units.[4]
As of January 1, 2022, Franklin, Union, and Needham townships were merged into a single entity known as Franklin-Union-Needham Township ("FUN").[5]
Needham Township was formed in 1881.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.06%) is water.[4]