Saluda Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Saluda Township

Township

Location in Jefferson County

Coordinates: 38°37′37″N 85°30′09″W﻿ / ﻿38.62694°N 85.50250°W﻿ / 38.62694; -85.50250
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Jefferson
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 37.69 sq mi (97.6 km2)
• Land| 37.35 sq mi (96.7 km2)
• Water| 0.34 sq mi (0.9 km2)  0.90%
Elevation

| 774 ft (236 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 1,333
• Density| 35/sq mi (14/km2)
GNIS feature ID| 0453830

Saluda Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,333 and it contained 589 housing units.[1] It was created by the Jefferson County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 13, 1817. Saluda is derived from a Native American name meaning "river of corn".[2]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 1,482| | —
1900| 1,488| | 0.4%
1910| 1,479| | −0.6%
1920| 1,288| | −12.9%
1930| 1,042| | −19.1%
1940| 1,110| | 6.5%
1950| 1,186| | 6.8%
1960| 1,237| | 4.3%
1970| 1,236| | −0.1%
1980| 1,358| | 9.9%
1990| 1,305| | −3.9%
2000| 1,358| | 4.1%
2010| 1,370| | 0.9%
2020| 1,333| | −2.7%
Source: US Decennial Census[3]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.69 square miles (97.6 km2), of which 37.35 square miles (96.7 km2) (or 99.10%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2) (or 0.90%) is water.[4] The streams of Big Saluda Creek, Farley Creek, Harts Falls Creek and Lee Creek run through this township.

### Unincorporated towns

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* Chelsea
* Marble Hill
* Paynesville
* Saluda

### Adjacent townships

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* Hanover Township (north)
* Bethlehem Township, Clark County (southeast)
* Washington Township, Clark County (southwest)
* Lexington Township, Scott County (west)
* Republican Township (northwest)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains the following cemeteries: Barnes, Harrell (also called Fairview), Maddox, Marble Hill (also called Bowman), Marling, Mt. Zion, New Bethel Methodist Church, New Prospect, Swan

### Major highways

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* Indiana State Road 62
* Indiana State Road 356

## References

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* U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
* United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
2. ^ Baker, Ronald L. (October 1995). From Needmore to Prosperity: Hoosier Place Names in Folklore and History. Indiana University Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0-253-32866-3. "...originally was a Native American stream name meaning "river of corn.""
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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Municipalities and communities of Jefferson County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Madison

City|

* Madison

Map of Indiana highlighting Jefferson County

Towns|

* Brooksburg
* Dupont
* Hanover

Townships|

* Graham
* Hanover
* Lancaster
* Madison
* Milton
* Monroe
* Republican
* Saluda
* Shelby
* Smyrna

CDPs|

* Canaan
* Deputy
* Kent

Other
communities|

* Barbersville
* Belleview
* Bryantsburg
* Chelsea
* China
* Hanover Beach
* Lancaster
* Manville
* Marble Hill
* Middlefork
* Midway
* North Madison
* Paris‡
* Paynesville
* Saluda
* Smyrna
* Swanville
* Volga
* Wakefield
* Wirt

Footnotes|

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

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