Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°26′00″N 85°23′14″W / 40.43333°N 85.38722°W / 40.43333; -85.38722CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBlackfordGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total41.46 sq mi (107.4 km²) • Land41.18 sq mi (106.7 km²) • Water0.28 sq mi (0.7 km²)Elevation

^[1]

873 ft (266 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total7,723 • Density190/sq mi (72/km²)FIPS code18-43650^[3]GNIS feature ID453568

Licking Township is one of four townships in Blackford County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 7,723 (down from 7,899 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 3,784 housing units.^[2] The township was named after Lick Creek and a salt lick in the area. The first settlers in what became Blackford County arrived in the Lick Creek area in 1831.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 41.46 square miles (107.4 km²), of which 41.18 square miles (106.7 km²) (or 99.32%) is land and 0.28 square miles (0.73 km²) (or 0.68%) is water.^[4] Cains Lake and Lake Mohee are in this township. Lick Creek flows through the township.

Cities and towns

Hartford City
Shamrock Lakes

Unincorporated towns

Hoover Park
Renner

Major highways

SR 3
SR 26

Cemeteries

The township contains at least seven cemeteries: Cunningham, Greenlawn, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Lion, Sprague, Stewart, and Willman (a.k.a. Hartford City Cemetery).

References

Citations

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Census Bureau profile: Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ See “A History of Blackford County, Indiana…”, page 140.

Sources

A History of Blackford County, Indiana : with historical accounts of the county, 1838-1986 [and] histories of families who have lived in the county. Hartford City, Indiana: Blackford County Historical Society. 1986. p. 302. OCLC 15144953.
Biographical and historical record of Jay and Blackford Counties, Indiana: Containing ... portraits and biographies of some of the prominent men of the state : engravings of prominent citizens in Jay and Blackford Counties, with personal histories of many of the leading families and a concise history of Jay and Blackford Counties and their cities and villages. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. OCLC 15560416.
"Licking Township, Blackford County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files