Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana

Brown Township
Brown Township
Township
	The John Linsey Rand House at Friendship
	Coordinates: 38°57′57″N 85°13′07″W / 38.96583°N 85.21861°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Ripley
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	53.67 sq mi (139.0 km2)
• Land	53.55 sq mi (138.7 km2)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation	948 ft (289 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,700
• Density	32/sq mi (12/km2)
Area code	812
FIPS code	18-08362
GNIS feature ID	453141

Brown Township is one of eleven townships in Ripley County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,700 (up from 1,597 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 715 housing units.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,850	—
1900	1,809	−2.2%
1910	1,771	−2.1%
1920	1,698	−4.1%
1930	1,470	−13.4%
1940	1,496	1.8%
1950	1,473	−1.5%
1960	1,413	−4.1%
1970	1,313	−7.1%
1980	1,461	11.3%
1990	1,418	−2.9%
2000	1,499	5.7%
2010	1,597	6.5%
2020	1,700	6.4%
Source: US Decennial Census^[5]

History

John Linsey Rand House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 53.67 square miles (139.0 km²), of which 53.55 square miles (138.7 km²) (or 99.78%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) (or 0.22%) is water.^[3]