Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana

Hickory Grove Township
Township
Location of Hickory Grove Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°31′06″N 87°28′47″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Benton
Organized	March 1876
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	28.9 sq mi (75 km^2)
• Land	28.9 sq mi (75 km^2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km^2)
Elevation [1]	745 ft (227 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	398
• Density	14/sq mi (5.3/km^2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	765
FIPS code	18-33358[2]
GNIS feature ID	453410

Hickory Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.^[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 398 and it contained 168 housing units.^[4] It was organized in March 1876 and named for a grove of hickory trees that grew within its borders in the 19th century.^[5]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	962		—
1900	1,191		23.8%
1910	1,026		−13.9%
1920	1,109		8.1%
1930	989		−10.8%
1940	877		−11.3%
1950	816		−7.0%
1960	799		−2.1%
1970	679		−15.0%
1980	560		−17.5%
1990	476		−15.0%
2000	404		−15.1%
2010	409		1.2%
2020	398		−2.7%
Source: US Decennial Census[6]

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 28.9 square miles (75 km²), all land.^[4]

Cities and towns

• Ambia

Unincorporated towns

• Dunn
• Powley Corners
• Talbot

Adjacent townships

• Grant (east)
• Parish Grove (north)
• Prairie Township, Warren County (south)

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 71
• Indiana State Road 352

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Totheroh.

References

Citations

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. "Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
4. "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
5. Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
6. "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".

Sources

• "Hickory Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana