Bethel Township, Posey County, Indiana
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| official_name = Bethel Township
Posey County
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
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| subdivision_name1 = Indiana
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Posey
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| government_type = Indiana township
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| area_total_km2 = 51.34
| area_land_km2 = 49.42
| area_water_km2 = 1.92
| area_total_sq_mi = 19.82
| area_land_sq_mi = 19.08
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.74
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 245
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| elevation_m = 116
| elevation_ft = 381
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| blank_info = 18-05014{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}
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Bethel Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 245.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Bethel_township,_Posey_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1812905014 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=data.census.gov}}
{{US Census population
| footnote = Source: US Decennial Census{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/population/PopTotals/historic_counts_twps.asp|title = Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana}}
| 1890 = 768
| 1900 = 769
| 1910 = 851
| 1920 = 736
| 1930 = 471
| 1940 = 737
| 1950 = 598
| 1960 = 469
| 1970 = 359
| 1980 = 386
| 1990 = 329
| 2000 = 327
| 2010 = 311
| 2020 = 245
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History
Bethel Township was organized in 1821.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924028803406#page/n321/mode/2up | title=History of Posey County, Indiana: from the earliest times to the present | publisher=Goodspeed Publishing Co. | year=1886 | pages=323}} The township was named for P. C. Bethel, a pioneer settler.{{cite book|last=Leffel|first=John C.|title=History of Posey County, Indiana|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofposeyco00leff|year=1913|publisher=Standard Publishing Company|page=[https://archive.org/details/historyofposeyco00leff/page/84 84]}}
Adjacent Townships
Towns
Unincorporated Places
Education
It is within the Metropolitan School District of North Posey County,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18129_posey/DC20SD_C18129.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Posey County, IN|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-06-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18129_posey/DC20SD_C18129_SD2MS.txt Text list] which operates North Posey High School.
References
External links
- [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
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