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Northwest Township
Northwest Township
Township
	Location in Orange County
	Coordinates: 38°40′00″N 86°37′00″W / 38.66667°N 86.61667°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Orange
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	30.41 sq mi (78.8 km2)
• Land	30.3 sq mi (78 km2)
• Water	0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.36%
Elevation	643 ft (196 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	330
• Density	11/sq mi (4.2/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	47452, 47469
Area code(s)	812, 930
GNIS feature ID	452424

Northwest Township is one of ten townships in Orange County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 330 and it contained 183 housing units.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	972	—
1900	878	−9.7%
1910	794	−9.6%
1920	703	−11.5%
1930	581	−17.4%
1940	570	−1.9%
1950	407	−28.6%
1960	350	−14.0%
1970	326	−6.9%
1980	343	5.2%
1990	359	4.7%
2000	345	−3.9%
2010	375	8.7%
2020	330	−12.0%
Source: US Decennial Census^[2]

History

Northwest Township was named from its position in the northwestern corner of Orange County.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.41 square miles (78.8 km²), of which 30.3 square miles (78 km²) (or 99.64%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) (or 0.36%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Faucett, Freeman and Miller.

Major highways

U.S. Route 150

School districts

Springs Valley Community School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 9th congressional district
State House District 62
State Senate District 48

References

"Northwest Township, Orange County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. pp. 387.
^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

External links

[1] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

[2] "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".

[3] History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. pp. 387.

[census-4] "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

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Northwest Township, Orange County, Indiana