Steen Township, Knox County, Indiana
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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name = Steen Township
| settlement_type = Township
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| image_skyline = Grain fields in Steen Township.jpg
| imagesize = 250px
| image_caption = Fields northwest of Wheatland
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| image_map = Map highlighting Steen Township, Knox County, Indiana.svg
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| 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 = 36.91
| area_land_sq_mi = 36.5
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.42
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 803
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
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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 = 146
| elevation_ft = 479
| coordinates = {{coord|38|40|02|N|87|17|59|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
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| blank_info = 18-72908{{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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Steen Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 803 (down from 900 at 2010{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18083
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212200050/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18083
|url-status=dead
|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
}}) and it contained 361 housing units.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Steen_township,_Knox_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1808372908 |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 = 1355
| 1900 = 1686
| 1910 = 1727
| 1920 = 1871
| 1930 = 1719
| 1940 = 1484
| 1950 = 1451
| 1960 = 1264
| 1970 = 1121
| 1980 = 1071
| 1990 = 885
| 2000 = 929
| 2010 = 900
| 2020 = 803
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History
Steen Township was founded in 1857. It was named for Richard Steen, a pioneer settler.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxdav00chic | title=History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Goodspeed | year=1886 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofknoxdav00chic/page/87 87]}}
Andrew Nicholson Farmstead was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
Geography
References
External links
- [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
{{Knox County, Indiana}}
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Category:Townships in Knox County, Indiana
Category:1857 establishments in Indiana
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