Official Name: | Wood Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 38.97 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 38.83 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2766 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 70.7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 166 |
Elevation Ft: | 545 |
Coordinates: | 38.4569°N -85.9292°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-85166[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 454063 |
Wood Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,747 and it contained 1,148 housing units.[4]
Wood Township was named for George Wood, a pioneer settler.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.64%) is land and (or 0.33%) is water.[4] It is 11 miles NW of Louisville, KY.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains several cemeteries: African-American Cemetery near Daisy Hill Cemetery, Borden Town, Daisy Hill, Dow, Emmanuel, Fisher, Gibson, Goss, Goss II, Gruen, Hallett, Johnson, McKinley-Packwood, New Chapel, Newman/Fisher, Pleasant Ridge, Robertson, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Walnut Hill, Whitson, and Wood.[6]