Robb Township, Posey County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Robb Township

Township

Cornfields near Poseyville

Coordinates: 38°10′39″N 87°49′38″W﻿ / ﻿38.17750°N 87.82722°W﻿ / 38.17750; -87.82722
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Posey
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 37.35 sq mi (96.73 km2)
• Land| 37.3 sq mi (96.6 km2)
• Water| 0.05 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Elevation

[1]

| 479 ft (146 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 1,743
• Density| 47/sq mi (18/km2)
FIPS code| 18-65052[2]
GNIS feature ID| 453805

Robb Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,743.[3]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 2,072| | —
1900| 2,109| | 1.8%
1910| 2,042| | −3.2%
1920| 2,071| | 1.4%
1930| 1,892| | −8.6%
1940| 2,027| | 7.1%
1950| 2,112| | 4.2%
1960| 1,821| | −13.8%
1970| 1,933| | 6.2%
1980| 2,167| | 12.1%
1990| 2,009| | −7.3%
2000| 2,074| | 3.2%
2010| 1,881| | −9.3%
2020| 1,743| | −7.3%
Source: US Decennial Census[4]

## History

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Robb Township was organized in 1817.[5] The township was named for the Robb family of pioneer settlers.[6]

## Towns

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* Poseyville

## Unincorporated Places

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* Barrett
* Stewartsville

## Education

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It is within the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County,[7] which operates North Posey High School.

## References

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1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
3. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
4. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
5. ^ Leffel, John C. (1913). History of Posey County, Indiana. Standard Publishing Company. p. 79.
6. ^ History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present. Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1886. p. 282.
7. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Posey County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 11, 2024. \- Text list

## External links

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* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana

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Municipalities and communities of Posey County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Mount Vernon

City|

* Mount Vernon

Map of Indiana highlighting Posey County

Towns|

* Cynthiana
* Griffin
* New Harmony
* Poseyville

Townships|

* Bethel
* Black
* Center
* Harmony
* Lynn
* Marrs
* Point
* Robb
* Robinson
* Smith

CDPs|

* Blairsville
* Parkers Settlement
* Saint Wendel‡
* Stewartsville
* Wadesville

Other
communities|

* Barrett
* Bufkin
* Caborn
* Erwin
* Farmersville
* Grafton
* Hepburn
* Heusler
* Hovey
* Lippe
* Marrs Center
* New Baltimore
* Oak Grove
* Oliver
* Philip Station
* Prairie
* Rapture
* Saint Philip
* Savah
* Solitude
* Springfield
* Upton
* West Franklin

Footnotes|

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

* Indiana portal
* United States portal

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