Princeton Township, White County, Indiana

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| official_name = Princeton Township

| settlement_type = Township

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| image_map = Map highlighting Princeton Township, White County, Indiana.svg

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| map_caption = Location in White County

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Indiana

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = White

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| government_type = Indiana township

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| area_total_sq_mi = 62.53

| area_land_sq_mi = 62.53

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

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| population_as_of = 2020

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| population_total = 1525

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

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| elevation_m = 211

| elevation_ft = 692

| coordinates = {{coord|40|47|13|N|87|00|54|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

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| postal_code_type = ZIP codes

| postal_code = 47959, 47980, 47995

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| blank_name = GNIS feature ID

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Princeton Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,525 and it contained 621 housing units.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Princeton_township,_White_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1818162064 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=data.census.gov}}

Princeton Township was organized in 1844, and named after the ship on which an early settler had immigrated to America.{{cite book|last=Hamelle|first=W. H.|title=A Standard History of White County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVA0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA254|year=1915|publisher=Unigraphic|page=254}}

{{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 = 1465

| 1900 = 2282

| 1910 = 2158

| 1920 = 1972

| 1930 = 1824

| 1940 = 1746

| 1950 = 1607

| 1960 = 1675

| 1970 = 1556

| 1980 = 1535

| 1990 = 1495

| 2000 = 1529

| 2010 = 1553

| 2020 = 1525

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