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York Township, Benton County, Indiana

York Township
Township
Location of York Township in Benton County
Location of York Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°42′03″N 87°29′03″W / 40.70083°N 87.48417°W / 40.70083; -87.48417
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyBenton
OrganizedJune 1860
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
27.5 sq mi (71 km2)
 • Land27.49 sq mi (71.2 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
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784 ft (239 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
155
 • Density5.6/sq mi (2.2/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code219
FIPS code18-85940[2]
GNIS feature ID454066

York Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 155 and it contained 82 housing units.[3] It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.[4]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890625—
1900593−5.1%
1910550−7.3%
1920510−7.3%
1930492−3.5%
1940385−21.7%
1950342−11.2%
1960336−1.8%
1970288−14.3%
1980245−14.9%
1990224−8.6%
20002417.6%
2010181−24.9%
2020155−14.4%
Source: US Decennial Census[5]

Geography

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According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 27.5 square miles (71 km2), all land.[3] Since 2006 the township has the latest annual sunset of any location in Indiana (every late June about a week after the solstice) when the entire eastern time zone part of Indiana for the first time was completely on day light savings time, and latest annual sunrise of any location in Indiana (in the first week of January) since 1967 when it joined Eastern time zone along with all of Benton County and many other Indiana counties.

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

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Major highways

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Cemeteries

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The township contains two cemeteries: Blue Ridge and Fleming.

References

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  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". US Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  4. ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
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