Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana

Clark Township
Township
Location in Perry County
Location in Perry County
Coordinates: 38°11′02″N 86°43′02″W / 38.18389°N 86.71722°W / 38.18389; -86.71722
Country United States
State Indiana
CountyPerry
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
74.84 sq mi (193.8 km2)
 • Land74.59 sq mi (193.2 km2)
 • Water0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2)  0.35%
Elevation
558 ft (170 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,063
 • Density14/sq mi (5.5/km2)
ZIP codes
47118, 47513, 47515, 47532, 47576, 47577, 47586
GNIS feature ID453203

Clark Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,063 and it contained 489 housing units.[1]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
18902,432—
19002,6167.6%
19102,391−8.6%
19201,987−16.9%
19301,607−19.1%
19401,6311.5%
19501,301−20.2%
19601,144−12.1%
19701,126−1.6%
19801,111−1.3%
19901,1362.3%
20001,25010.0%
20101,180−5.6%
20201,063−9.9%
Source: US Decennial Census[2]

History

Clark Township was named for Robert Clark, a pioneer settler.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 74.84 square miles (193.8 km2), of which 74.59 square miles (193.2 km2) (or 99.67%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (or 0.35%) is water.[4]

Unincorporated towns

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these fourteen cemeteries: Beard, Comstock, Crooks Thom, Enlow, Fox Ridge, Hobbs, Lanman, Lasher, Mount Pleasant, Sigler, Sigler, Stapleton, Taylor and Tenn Beard.

Major highways

School districts

  • Perry Central Community School Corporation

Political districts

  • State House District 73
  • State House District 74
  • State Senate District 47

References

  • "Clark 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
  1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  3. ^ Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p. 20.
  4. ^ "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.