Leopold Township, Perry County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Leopold Township

Township

Location in Perry County

Coordinates: 38°06′13″N 86°36′23″W﻿ / ﻿38.10361°N 86.60639°W﻿ / 38.10361; -86.60639
Country|  United States
State|  Indiana
County| Perry
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 32.37 sq mi (83.8 km2)
• Land| 32.11 sq mi (83.2 km2)
• Water| 0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2)  0.80%
Elevation

| 659 ft (201 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 717
• Density| 22/sq mi (8.6/km2)
ZIP codes|

47514, 47515, 47520, 47525, 47551, 47576, 47586

GNIS feature ID| 453547

Leopold Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 717 and it contained 317 housing units.[1]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 899| | —
1900| 868| | −3.4%
1910| 758| | −12.7%
1920| 726| | −4.2%
1930| 664| | −8.5%
1940| 629| | −5.3%
1950| 602| | −4.3%
1960| 544| | −9.6%
1970| 566| | 4.0%
1980| 619| | 9.4%
1990| 623| | 0.6%
2000| 720| | 15.6%
2010| 765| | 6.3%
2020| 717| | −6.3%
Source: US Decennial Census[2]

## History

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Leopold Township was established in 1847, and named after Leopold I of Belgium.[3]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.37 square miles (83.8 km2), of which 32.11 square miles (83.2 km2) (or 99.20%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (or 0.80%) is water.[4]

### Unincorporated towns

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* Leopold at 38°06′14″N 86°35′00″W﻿ / ﻿38.103949°N 86.583316°W﻿ / 38.103949; -86.583316
* Terry at 38°05′14″N 86°37′59″W﻿ / ﻿38.087282°N 86.633040°W﻿ / 38.087282; -86.633040

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

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these five cemeteries: Frakes, Lanman, Rennie, Rhodes and Saint Johns.

### Major highways

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* Indiana State Road 37

### Lakes

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* Tipsaw Lake

## School districts

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* Perry Central Community School Corporation

## Political districts

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* State House District 73
* State Senate District 47

## References

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* "Leopold 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. 26.
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 Leopold Township

Places adjacent to Leopold Township, Perry County, Indiana

| Clark Township |
| Oil Township

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Leopold Township

| Union Township
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Anderson 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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