Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana

Coordinates: 40°41′36″N 87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W / 40.69333; -87.15861
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Gilboa Township
Township
Location of Gilboa Township in Benton County
Location of Gilboa Township in Benton County
Coordinates: 40°41′36″N 87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W / 40.69333; -87.15861
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyBenton
OrganizedDecember 1866
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total35.94 sq mi (93.1 km2)
 • Land35.94 sq mi (93.1 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
758 ft (231 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total282
 • Density7/sq mi (3/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code765
FIPS code18-27630[2]
GNIS feature ID453330

Gilboa Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 282 and it contained 100 housing units.[4] It is named for Mount Gilboa, a prominence in the southern part of the township.[5] It was created in 1866 out of the northern part of Pine Township, after the petition of 21 residents there.[6]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890854—
1900839−1.8%
1910721−14.1%
1920705−2.2%
1930625−11.3%
1940578−7.5%
1950513−11.2%
1960442−13.8%
1970363−17.9%
1980311−14.3%
1990281−9.6%
2000241−14.2%
20102503.7%
202028212.8%
Source: US Decennial Census[7]

Geography[edit]

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 35.94 square miles (93.1 km2), all land.[4]

Adjacent townships[edit]

Tri-County School Corporation Education[edit]

  • Gilboa Township is served by the Tri-County School Corporation which also serves Carpenter Township in Jasper County and Princeton, West Point, and Round Grove Townships in White County.

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

  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. ^ "Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "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. ^ "Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper, and Newton counties, Indiana". Indiana State Library Digital Collections. 1883. p. 225. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
  7. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".

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