Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana

Marion Township
Marion Township
Township
	Location in Owen County
	Coordinates: 39°18′19″N 86°59′58″W / 39.30528°N 86.99944°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Owen
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.94 sq mi (93.1 km2)
• Land	35.87 sq mi (92.9 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.2 km2) 0.19%
Elevation	692 ft (211 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	922
• Density	26/sq mi (9.9/km2)
ZIP codes	47427, 47431, 47455, 47460, 47833, 47841
GNIS feature ID	453610

Marion Township is one of thirteen townships in Owen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 922 (slightly up from 916 at 2010^[1]) and it contained 413 housing units.^[2]

History

Marion Township was founded in 1835.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.94 square miles (93.1 km²), of which 35.87 square miles (92.9 km²) (or 99.81%) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) (or 0.19%) is water.^[1]

Unincorporated towns

Denmark at 39°16′11″N 87°01′33″W / 39.269765°N 87.025845°W / 39.269765; -87.025845
Hickory Corner at 39°18′18″N 87°02′40″W / 39.305042°N 87.044456°W / 39.305042; -87.044456
Marion Mills at 39°18′23″N 86°59′56″W / 39.306432°N 86.9989°W / 39.306432; -86.9989
Patricksburg at 39°18′56″N 86°57′33″W / 39.315599°N 86.959177°W / 39.315599; -86.959177
Smithville at 39°19′15″N 87°01′33″W / 39.320876°N 87.025845°W / 39.320876; -87.025845

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these eight cemeteries: Burger Cemetery, Humble Cemetery (an Indiana Pioneer Cemetery,) Marion Cemetery, Mast Cemetery, Rea Cemetery, Red Brush Cemetery, Stephens Cemetery and Steubenville Cemetery.

School districts

Spencer-Owen Community Schools

Political districts

US House District 8th
State House District 46
State Senate District 39

References

"Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ ^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.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 737.

External links

[census-1] "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.

[2] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2024.

[3] Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 737.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Owen County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Spencer
Towns	Gosport Spencer	Map of Indiana highlighting Owen County
Townships	Clay Franklin Harrison Jackson Jefferson Jennings Lafayette Marion Montgomery Morgan Taylor Washington Wayne
CDPs	Coal City Patricksburg
Other communities	Adel Alaska‡ Arney Atkinsonville Beamer Braysville Carp Cataract Cuba Cunot Daggett Denmark Devore Farmers Freedom Freeman Hancock Corner Hickory Corner Hubbell Jordan Lewisville‡ Marion Mills New Hope Pottersville Quincy Romona Silex Smithville Southport Stockton Vandalia Vilas Whitehall
Ghost town	Wallace Junction
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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