Curry Township, Sullivan County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Curry Township

Township

Location in Sullivan County

Coordinates: 39°12′51″N 87°23′56″W﻿ / ﻿39.21417°N 87.39889°W﻿ / 39.21417; -87.39889
Country|  United States
State|  Indiana
County| Sullivan
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 35.12 sq mi (91.0 km2)
• Land| 34.95 sq mi (90.5 km2)
• Water| 0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.48%
Elevation

| 545 ft (166 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 3,398
• Density| 97/sq mi (37/km2)
ZIP codes|

47850, 47879

GNIS feature ID| 453250

Curry Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,398 and it contained 1,543 housing units.[1] All three of Terre Haute's television affiliates (WTWO, WTHI, and WAWV) and several radio stations have or share transmitter towers in the northern end of the township just south of Farmersburg.

The township is named after William Curry, who was the area's first settler when he arrived there in 1817 from Kentucky.[2]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 2,443| | —
1900| 2,871| | 17.5%
1910| 5,300| | 84.6%
1920| 4,798| | −9.5%
1930| 4,327| | −9.8%
1940| 4,150| | −4.1%
1950| 3,872| | −6.7%
1960| 3,959| | 2.2%
1970| 3,778| | −4.6%
1980| 3,988| | 5.6%
1990| 3,633| | −8.9%
2000| 3,769| | 3.7%
2010| 3,559| | −5.6%
2020| 3,398| | −4.5%
Source: US Decennial Census[3]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.12 square miles (91.0 km2), of which 34.95 square miles (90.5 km2) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (or 0.48%) is water.[4]

### Cities, towns, villages

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* Farmersburg
* Shelburn

### Unincorporated towns

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* Baldridge at 39°13′23″N 87°22′20″W﻿ / ﻿39.223096°N 87.372241°W﻿ / 39.223096; -87.372241
* Curryville at 39°11′13″N 87°23′33″W﻿ / ﻿39.186985°N 87.392519°W﻿ / 39.186985; -87.392519
* East Shelburn at 39°10′28″N 87°22′47″W﻿ / ﻿39.174486°N 87.379741°W﻿ / 39.174486; -87.379741
* Standard at 39°11′47″N 87°23′21″W﻿ / ﻿39.19643°N 87.389186°W﻿ / 39.19643; -87.389186
* Wilfred at 39°11′12″N 87°21′09″W﻿ / ﻿39.186708°N 87.352518°W﻿ / 39.186708; -87.352518

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

### Adjacent townships

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* Linton Township, Vigo County (north)
* Pierson Township, Vigo County (northeast)
* Jackson Township (east)
* Hamilton Township (south)
* Turman Township (southwest)
* Fairbanks Township (west)
* Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County (northwest)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these four cemeteries: Douglas Chapel, Ebenezer, McKinney and West Lawn.

### Major highways

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* U.S. Route 41

### Airports and landing strips

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* Austin Air Ads Airport

## School districts

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* Northeast School Corporation

## Political districts

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* Indiana's 8th congressional district
* State House District 45
* State Senate District 39

## References

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* United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
* IndianaMap

1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
2. ^ Wolfe, Thomas Jefferson (1909). History of Sullivan County, Indiana. New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 43.
3. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
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

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Places adjacent to Curry Township, Sullivan County, Indiana

| Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County | Linton Township, Vigo County | Pierson Township, Vigo County

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Fairbanks Township |

Curry Township

| Jackson Township
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Turman Township | Hamilton Township |

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Municipalities and communities of Sullivan County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Sullivan

Cities|

* Sullivan

Map of Indiana highlighting Sullivan County

Towns|

* Carlisle
* Dugger
* Farmersburg
* Hymera
* Merom
* Shelburn

Townships|

* Cass
* Curry
* Fairbanks
* Gill
* Haddon
* Hamilton
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* Turman

CDPs|

* Cass
* Fairbanks
* Graysville
* Lewis‡
* New Lebanon
* Paxton
* Pleasantville

Other
communities|

* Baker
* Baldridge
* Benefiel Corner
* Bucktown
* Curryville
* Dodds Bridge
* East Shelburn
* Gambill
* Gilmour‡
* Glendora
* Greenville
* Hawton
* Jackson Hill
* Jericho
* Massacre
* Merom Station
* Riverton
* Riverview
* Scotchtown
* Scott City
* Shiloh
* Standard
* Stringtown
* Wilfred

Ghost towns|

* Caledonia
* Farnsworth

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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