Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Clark Township

Township

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
County| Perry
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total| 74.84 sq mi (193.8 km2)
• Land| 74.59 sq mi (193.2 km2)
• Water| 0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2)  0.35%
Elevation

| 558 ft (170 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total| 1,063
• Density| 14/sq mi (5.5/km2)
ZIP codes|

47118, 47513, 47515, 47532, 47576, 47577, 47586

GNIS feature ID| 453203

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 Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 2,432| | —
1900| 2,616| | 7.6%
1910| 2,391| | −8.6%
1920| 1,987| | −16.9%
1930| 1,607| | −19.1%
1940| 1,631| | 1.5%
1950| 1,301| | −20.2%
1960| 1,144| | −12.1%
1970| 1,126| | −1.6%
1980| 1,111| | −1.3%
1990| 1,136| | 2.3%
2000| 1,250| | 10.0%
2010| 1,180| | −5.6%
2020| 1,063| | −9.9%
Source: US Decennial Census[2]

## History

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

## Geography

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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

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* Adyeville at 38°11′27″N 86°46′10″W﻿ / ﻿38.19089°N 86.769435°W﻿ / 38.19089; -86.769435
* Bristow at 38°08′24″N 86°43′18″W﻿ / ﻿38.140057°N 86.721655°W﻿ / 38.140057; -86.721655
* Fosters Ridge at 38°13′58″N 86°39′45″W﻿ / ﻿38.232836°N 86.662487°W﻿ / 38.232836; -86.662487
* Kitterman Corners at 38°13′21″N 86°41′51″W﻿ / ﻿38.222558°N 86.697488°W﻿ / 38.222558; -86.697488
* Saint Josephs Shrine at 38°10′05″N 86°47′52″W﻿ / ﻿38.168112°N 86.797769°W﻿ / 38.168112; -86.797769
* Sassafras at 38°11′18″N 86°41′25″W﻿ / ﻿38.188391°N 86.690266°W﻿ / 38.188391; -86.690266
* Siberia at 38°14′17″N 86°44′01″W﻿ / ﻿38.238113°N 86.733601°W﻿ / 38.238113; -86.733601
* Uniontown at 38°13′31″N 86°39′39″W﻿ / ﻿38.225336°N 86.660821°W﻿ / 38.225336; -86.660821

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

### Cemeteries

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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

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* Interstate 64
* Indiana State Road 145

## School districts

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* Perry Central Community School Corporation

## Political districts

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* State House District 73
* State House District 74
* State Senate District 47

## References

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* "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.

## External links

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* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana
* City-Data.com page for Clark Township

Places adjacent to Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana

| Ferdinand Township, Dubois County | Jefferson Township, Dubois County | Johnson Township, Crawford County

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Harrison Township, Spencer County |

Clark Township

| Oil Township
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| Anderson Township | Leopold Township

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Municipalities and communities of Perry County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Tell City

Cities|

* Cannelton
* Tell City

Map of Indiana highlighting Perry County

Town|

* Troy

Townships|

* Anderson
* Clark
* Leopold
* Oil
* Tobin
* Troy
* Union

CDP|

* Leopold

Other
communities|

* Adyeville
* Apalona
* Bandon
* Branchville
* Bristow
* Celina
* Derby
* Dexter
* Dodd
* Doolittle Mills
* Fosters Ridge
* Gatchel
* Gerald
* Hardingrove
* Kitterman Corners
* Lauer
* Lilly Dale
* Magnet
* Mount Pleasant
* Oriole
* Ranger
* Rome
* St. Croix
* Sassafras
* Siberia
* Terry
* Tobinsport
* Uniontown

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