Reeve Township, Daviess County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Reeve Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Daviess
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:44.95
Area Land Sq Mi:43.88
Area Water Sq Mi:1.06
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:624
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:156
Elevation Ft:512
Coordinates:38.5631°N -86.9756°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-63702[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:453785

Reeve Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 624 (down from 631 at 2010[3]) and it contained 246 housing units.[4]

History

Reeve Township was organized on May 12, 1817, at the first meeting of the Daviess County Commissioners. It was named for its earliest resident, South Carolina native Joshua Reeve, who had settled in the township in 1808. As the first settler in the area, Reeve lived in an isolated cabin in the forest; in order to obtain needed supplies, he was forced to travel to Vincennes. Desiring to simplify his travels, Reeve blazed a trail through the woods from his home to Vincennes; in later years, the route became a road, and by the early twentieth century it had become one of the county's leading highways.[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 97.62%) is land and (or 2.36%) is water.[3] Big Piney Pond and Little Piney Pond are in this township.

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: the Alfordsville Christian Cemetery just north of town, Old Union Cemetery on the land originally owned by James Allen and his wife, Mary Hizer Allen, southwest of town, and the Helpenstine Cemetery (also known as the McCord Cemetery) east of town on the County Line Road.

References

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. January 31, 2008. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. January 31, 2008.
  3. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212203307/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18027 . dead . February 12, 2020 . United States Census . May 10, 2013.
  4. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-08 . data.census.gov.
  5. Fulkerson, A.O., ed. History of Daviess County Indiana: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Bowen: Indianapolis, 1915, 274.

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