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Marion Township, Pike County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°22′54″N 87°07′48″W / 38.38167°N 87.13000°W / 38.38167; -87.13000Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyPikeGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total36.11 sq mi (93.5 km²) • Land35.41 sq mi (91.7 km²) • Water0.7 sq mi (2 km²) 1.94%Elevation

518 ft (158 m)Population

(2020)

• Total683 • Density19/sq mi (7.3/km²)ZIP codes

47564, 47590, 47598

GNIS feature ID453611

Marion Township is one of nine townships in Pike County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 683 and it contained 297 housing units.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,729	—
1900	1,749	1.2%
1910	1,337	−23.6%
1920	1,071	−19.9%
1930	718	−33.0%
1940	811	13.0%
1950	613	−24.4%
1960	510	−16.8%
1970	516	1.2%
1980	587	13.8%
1990	580	−1.2%
2000	776	33.8%
2010	724	−6.7%
2020	683	−5.7%
Source: US Decennial Census^[2]

History

Marion Township was organized in 1857.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.11 square miles (93.5 km²), of which 35.41 square miles (91.7 km²) (or 98.06%) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) (or 1.94%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Hartwell Junction at 38°21′38″N 87°08′27″W / 38.360606°N 87.140839°W / 38.360606; -87.140839
Survant at 38°22′26″N 87°09′19″W / 38.373939°N 87.155284°W / 38.373939; -87.155284
Velpen at 38°21′19″N 87°06′07″W / 38.355329°N 87.101948°W / 38.355329; -87.101948
White Sulphur Springs at 38°23′08″N 87°05′31″W / 38.385607°N 87.091948°W / 38.385607; -87.091948
Whiteoak at 38°24′34″N 87°08′47″W / 38.409495°N 87.146396°W / 38.409495; -87.146396

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Beadles, Bruster Branch, Corn, Flat Creek, Hayes and Walnut Grove.

Lakes

Patoka Lake

School districts

Pike County School Corporation

Political districts

State House District 63
State Senate District 48

References

"Marion Township, Pike County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. Goodspeed Brothers. p. 276. ISBN 978-5-87521-222-2.
^ "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.