Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°10′47″N 86°33′49″W / 38.17972°N 86.56361°W / 38.17972; -86.56361Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyPerryGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total66.59 sq mi (172.5 km²) • Land66.38 sq mi (171.9 km²) • Water0.21 sq mi (0.5 km²) 0.32%Elevation

528 ft (161 m)Population

(2020)

• Total2,545 • Density38/sq mi (15/km²)ZIP codes

47118, 47137, 47514, 47515, 47520, 47551, 47576, 47586

GNIS feature ID453686

Oil Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,545 and it contained 532 housing units.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,992	—
1900	1,907	−4.3%
1910	1,735	−9.0%
1920	1,566	−9.7%
1930	1,348	−13.9%
1940	1,363	1.1%
1950	1,078	−20.9%
1960	806	−25.2%
1970	885	9.8%
1980	894	1.0%
1990	1,639	83.3%
2000	2,032	24.0%
2010	2,546	25.3%
2020	2,545	0.0%
Source: US Decennial Census^[2]

History

Oil Township took its name from Oil Creek.^[3]

The Jacob Rickenbaugh House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 66.59 square miles (172.5 km²), of which 66.38 square miles (171.9 km²) (or 99.68%) is land and 0.21 square miles (0.54 km²) (or 0.32%) is water.^[5]

Unincorporated towns

Apalona at 38°09′16″N 86°37′56″W / 38.154504°N 86.632208°W / 38.154504; -86.632208
Bandon at 38°08′14″N 86°36′01″W / 38.137282°N 86.600262°W / 38.137282; -86.600262
Branchville at 38°09′49″N 86°34′47″W / 38.163672°N 86.579706°W / 38.163672; -86.579706
Celina at 38°11′17″N 86°36′46″W / 38.188115°N 86.612763°W / 38.188115; -86.612763
Doolittle Mills at 38°15′03″N 86°36′11″W / 38.250893°N 86.603041°W / 38.250893; -86.603041
Oriole at 38°10′08″N 86°30′17″W / 38.168951°N 86.504703°W / 38.168951; -86.504703
Saint Croix at 38°13′26″N 86°35′11″W / 38.223949°N 86.586374°W / 38.223949; -86.586374

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these sixteen cemeteries: Bangle, Colby, Ewing, German Ridge, Guillaume, Jeffries, Jones, Luxenburger, Miller, Rickenbaugh, Senn, Sprinkle, Underhill, Valley, Walker and Woolums.

Major highways

School districts

It is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation.^[6]

Prior to 1962, Oil Township had its own high school. The school colors were green and white, and the mascot was the Oilers. That year, it merged into Perry Central High School.^[7]

Political districts

State House District 73
State Senate District 47

References

"Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p. 22.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "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.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Perry County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list
^ Blackford, Nathan (July 15, 2014). "School's Out Forever". Evansville Living. Evansville, Indiana. Retrieved June 12, 2024.