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Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°11′02″N 86°43′02″W / 38.18389°N 86.71722°W / 38.18389; -86.71722Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyPerryGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total74.84 sq mi (193.8 km²) • Land74.59 sq mi (193.2 km²) • Water0.26 sq mi (0.7 km²) 0.35%Elevation

558 ft (170 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,063 • Density14/sq mi (5.5/km²)ZIP codes

47118, 47513, 47515, 47532, 47576, 47577, 47586

GNIS feature ID453203

Clark Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,063 and it contained 489 housing units.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,432	—
1900	2,616	7.6%
1910	2,391	−8.6%
1920	1,987	−16.9%
1930	1,607	−19.1%
1940	1,631	1.5%
1950	1,301	−20.2%
1960	1,144	−12.1%
1970	1,126	−1.6%
1980	1,111	−1.3%
1990	1,136	2.3%
2000	1,250	10.0%
2010	1,180	−5.6%
2020	1,063	−9.9%
Source: US Decennial Census^[2]

History

Clark Township was named for Robert Clark, a pioneer settler.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 74.84 square miles (193.8 km²), of which 74.59 square miles (193.2 km²) (or 99.67%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km²) (or 0.35%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Adyeville at 38°11′27″N 86°46′10″W / 38.19089°N 86.769435°W / 38.19089; -86.769435
Bristow at 38°08′24″N 86°43′18″W / 38.140057°N 86.721655°W / 38.140057; -86.721655
Fosters Ridge at 38°13′58″N 86°39′45″W / 38.232836°N 86.662487°W / 38.232836; -86.662487
Kitterman Corners at 38°13′21″N 86°41′51″W / 38.222558°N 86.697488°W / 38.222558; -86.697488
Saint Josephs Shrine at 38°10′05″N 86°47′52″W / 38.168112°N 86.797769°W / 38.168112; -86.797769
Sassafras at 38°11′18″N 86°41′25″W / 38.188391°N 86.690266°W / 38.188391; -86.690266
Siberia at 38°14′17″N 86°44′01″W / 38.238113°N 86.733601°W / 38.238113; -86.733601
Uniontown at 38°13′31″N 86°39′39″W / 38.225336°N 86.660821°W / 38.225336; -86.660821

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these fourteen cemeteries: Beard, Comstock, Crooks Thom, Enlow, Fox Ridge, Hobbs, Lanman, Lasher, Mount Pleasant, Sigler, Sigler, Stapleton, Taylor and Tenn Beard.

Major highways

School districts

Perry Central Community School Corporation

Political districts

State House District 73
State House District 74
State Senate District 47

References

"Clark Township, Perry County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p. 20.
^ "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.