York Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 155 and it contained 82 housing units.[3] It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.[4]
York Township | |
|---|---|
 Location of York Township in Benton County | |
| Coordinates: 40°42′03″N 87°29′03″W / 40.70083°N 87.48417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Benton |
| Organized | June 1860 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
• Total | 27.5 sq mi (71 km2) |
| • Land | 27.49 sq mi (71.2 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 784 ft (239 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 155 |
| • Density | 5.6/sq mi (2.2/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 219 |
| FIPS code | 18-88630[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 454066 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 625 | — | |
| 1900 | 593 | −5.1% | |
| 1910 | 550 | −7.3% | |
| 1920 | 510 | −7.3% | |
| 1930 | 492 | −3.5% | |
| 1940 | 385 | −21.7% | |
| 1950 | 342 | −11.2% | |
| 1960 | 336 | −1.8% | |
| 1970 | 288 | −14.3% | |
| 1980 | 245 | −14.9% | |
| 1990 | 224 | −8.6% | |
| 2000 | 241 | 7.6% | |
| 2010 | 181 | −24.9% | |
| 2020 | 155 | −14.4% | |
| Source: US Decennial Census[5] | |||
Geography
editAccording to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 27.5 square miles (71 km2), all land.[3] Since 2006 the township has the latest annual sunset of any location in Indiana (every late June about a week after the solstice) when the entire eastern time zone part of Indiana for the first time was completely on day light savings time, and latest annual sunrise of any location in Indiana (in the first week of January) since 1967 when it joined Eastern time zone along with all of Benton County and many other Indiana counties.
Unincorporated towns
edit(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
edit- Parish Grove (south)
- Richland (east)
- Jefferson Township, Newton County (north)
Major highways
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Cemeteries
editThe township contains two cemeteries: Blue Ridge and Fleming.
References
edit- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "Explore Census Data". US Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
External links
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