Official Name: | Point Township Posey County |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Posey |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Km2: | 142.61 |
Area Land Km2: | 127.42 |
Area Water Km2: | 15.2 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 55.06 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 49.2 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 5.87 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 306 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 113 |
Elevation Ft: | 371 |
Coordinates: | 37.8381°N -87.9936°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-60858[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453753 |
Point Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 306.[3] The lowest, the southernmost, and the westernmost points in Indiana are all located along the township's boundaries.
Point Township was organized in 1822.[4] The township was so named for the fact the southernmost point in the county and state is contained within its borders.[5]
The Ashworth Archaeological Site, Hovey Lake Archaeological District, and Murphy Archeological Site are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It is within the Metropolitan School District of Mt. Vernon,[6] which operates Mount Vernon High School.
Point Township is the location of many significant archaeological sites. Among the leading ones are Ashworth in the township's northeast, Bone Bank along the Wabash River in the west,[7] and Murphy, Hovey Lake-Klein, and Welborn in the south central.