Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Logan Township
Pike County

Township

Location in Pike County

Coordinates: 38°25′01″N 87°21′33″W﻿ / ﻿38.41694°N 87.35917°W﻿ / 38.41694; -87.35917
Country|  United States
State|  Indiana
County| Pike
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 24.31 sq mi (63.0 km2)
• Land| 23.94 sq mi (62.0 km2)
• Water| 0.37 sq mi (1.0 km2)  1.52%
Elevation

| 446 ft (136 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 440
• Density| 18/sq mi (7.0/km2)
ZIP codes|

47567, 47598

GNIS feature ID| 453580

Logan Township is one of nine townships in Pike County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 440 and it contained 179 housing units.[1]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 1,226| | —
1900| 1,293| | 5.5%
1910| 1,278| | −1.2%
1920| 988| | −22.7%
1930| 921| | −6.8%
1940| 911| | −1.1%
1950| 640| | −29.7%
1960| 531| | −17.0%
1970| 514| | −3.2%
1980| 380| | −26.1%
1990| 379| | −0.3%
2000| 335| | −11.6%
2010| 474| | 41.5%
2020| 440| | −7.2%
Source: US Decennial Census[2]

## History

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Logan Township was organized in 1846.[3]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.31 square miles (63.0 km2), of which 23.94 square miles (62.0 km2) (or 98.48%) is land and 0.37 square miles (0.96 km2) (or 1.52%) is water.[4] The Patoka River defines the township's southern border.

### Unincorporated towns

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* Chandler at 38°25′17″N 87°21′08″W﻿ / ﻿38.421437°N 87.352237°W﻿ / 38.421437; -87.352237
* Coats Spring at 38°26′15″N 87°23′26″W﻿ / ﻿38.437548°N 87.390572°W﻿ / 38.437548; -87.390572
* Oatsville at 38°24′25″N 87°24′27″W﻿ / ﻿38.4069919°N 87.4075169°W﻿ / 38.4069919; -87.4075169
* Rumble at 38°26′09″N 87°20′34″W﻿ / ﻿38.435882°N 87.342793°W﻿ / 38.435882; -87.342793

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

### Cemeteries

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The township contains these seven cemeteries: Barnes, Beck, DeJarnett, Loveless, McGillem, Willis and Wilson.

### Major highways

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* I-69
* SR 57

## School districts

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* Pike County School Corporation

## Political districts

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* State House District 64
* State Senate District 48

## References

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* "Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
* United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
* IndianaMap

1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
2. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
3. ^ History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana. Goodspeed Brothers. p. 276\. ISBN 978-5-87521-222-2.
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 Logan Township

Places adjacent to Logan Township, Pike County, Indiana

| Clay Township | Madison Township | Washington Township

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Washington Township, Gibson County |

Logan Township

| Patoka Township
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Center Township, Gibson County | Columbia Township, Gibson County |

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Municipalities and communities of Pike County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Petersburg

City|

* Petersburg

Map of Indiana highlighting Pike County

Towns|

* Spurgeon
* Winslow

Townships|

* Clay
* Jefferson
* Lockhart
* Logan
* Madison
* Marion
* Monroe
* Patoka
* Washington

CDPs|

* Alford
* Arthur
* Glezen
* Otwell
* Stendal
* Velpen

Other
communities|

* Algiers
* Arda
* Augusta
* Ayrshire
* Bowman
* Campbelltown
* Cato
* Chandler
* Coats Spring
* Coe
* Enos Corner
* Hartwell
* Highbank Town
* Iva
* Littles
* Marysville
* Muren
* Oatsville‡
* Pikeville
* Rogers
* Rumble
* Scottsburg
* Survant
* Union
* West Petersburg
* White Sulphur Springs
* Whiteoak
* Willisville
* Zoar‡

Footnotes|

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

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