Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

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| subdivision_name1 = Indiana

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Knox

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| government_type = Indiana township

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| area_total_sq_mi = 50.98

| area_land_sq_mi = 50.51

| area_water_sq_mi = 0.47

| population_as_of = 2020

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| population_total = 1237

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| elevation_m = 153

| elevation_ft = 502

| coordinates = {{coord|38|34|08|N|87|30|37|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

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| blank_info = 18-38700{{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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Johnson Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,237 (down from 1,382 at 2010{{cite web

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

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}}) and it contained 586 housing units.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Johnson_township,_Knox_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1808338700 |access-date=2024-04-08 |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 = 1967

| 1900 = 2522

| 1910 = 2624

| 1920 = 2311

| 1930 = 2414

| 1940 = 2233

| 1950 = 1962

| 1960 = 1714

| 1970 = 1544

| 1980 = 1501

| 1990 = 1449

| 2000 = 1486

| 2010 = 1382

| 2020 = 1237

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History

Johnson Township is named for Thomas Johnson, an early pioneer settler who arrived in 1800, settling on land that later became the Purcell Station area. His son Thomas Johnson Jr. expanded the property and married into the Catt family.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZJQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA85 | title=History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Goodspeed | year=1886 | pages=81}}

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|50.98|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|50.51|sqmi}} (or 99.08%) is land and {{convert|0.47|sqmi}} (or 0.92%) is water. The town of Decker, formerly called Deckertown," is in this township (not Decker Township).

References

External links

[http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
[http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]

Category:Townships in Knox County, Indiana

Category:Townships in Indiana