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Grassy Fork Township | |
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Coordinates: 38°47′22″N 85°57′55″W / 38.78944°N 85.96528°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Jackson |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 39.75 sq mi (103.0 km2) |
• Land | 39.67 sq mi (102.7 km2) |
• Water | 0.08 sq mi (0.2 km2) 0.20% |
Elevation | 522 ft (159 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 697 |
• Density | 18/sq mi (6.8/km2) |
GNIS feature ID | 0453339 |
Grassy Fork Township is one of twelve townships in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 697 and it contained 293 housing units.[1] It was named from the Grassy Fork Creek.[2]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 1,147 | — | |
1900 | 1,197 | 4.4% | |
1910 | 1,021 | −14.7% | |
1920 | 886 | −13.2% | |
1930 | 778 | −12.2% | |
1940 | 927 | 19.2% | |
1950 | 902 | −2.7% | |
1960 | 877 | −2.8% | |
1970 | 807 | −8.0% | |
1980 | 792 | −1.9% | |
1990 | 732 | −7.6% | |
2000 | 775 | 5.9% | |
2010 | 668 | −13.8% | |
2020 | 697 | 4.3% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[3] |
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 39.75 square miles (103.0 km2), of which 39.67 square miles (102.7 km2) (or 99.80%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km2) (or 0.20%) is water.[4] The streams of Grassy Fork, Knob Creek and Pond Creek run through this township.
The township contains eleven cemeteries: Blair, Lubker, Mount Pleasant, Pioneer, Riechers/Niermans, Rucker, Russell Chapel, Stunkel, Sturgeon, Tuell, and Waskom.
Grassy Fork Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Brownstown Public Library in Brownstown.[5]