Columbia Township, Dubois County, Indiana

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|image_caption = Looking south on Cuzco Road from Highway 56, in Columbia Township

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|map_caption = Location of Columbia Township in Dubois County

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Dubois

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|government_type = Indiana township

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|area_total_sq_mi = 36.43

|area_land_sq_mi = 36.18

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.25

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Columbia Township, Dubois County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Columbia_township,_Dubois_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1803714608 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 22, 2024}}

|population_total = 999

|population_density_sq_mi = 29.4

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|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}

|elevation_m = 172

|elevation_ft = 564

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|blank_info = 18-14608{{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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Columbia Township is one of twelve townships in Dubois County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,065 and it contained 467 housing units.{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18037

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212201139/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18037

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|archive-date=2020-02-12

|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1

|publisher=United States Census

|accessdate=2013-05-10

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Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|36.43|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|36.18|sqmi}} (or 99.31%) is land and {{convert|0.25|sqmi}} (or 0.69%) is water.

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

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The township contains three cemeteries: Burton, Robinson and Wininger.

Education

Columbia Township is in Northeast Dubois County School Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18037_dubois/DC20SD_C18037.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dubois County, IN|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-06-12}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18037_dubois/DC20SD_C18037_SD2MS.txt Text list]. The comprehensive high school of that school district is Northeast Dubois High School.

References

  • {{cite gnis|453238|Columbia Township, Dubois County, Indiana|2009-09-24}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064614/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]