Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°33′36″N 86°25′12″W / 40.56000°N 86.42000°W / 40.56000; -86.42000CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyCarrollGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total29.59 sq mi (76.6 km²) • Land29.58 sq mi (76.6 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)Elevation

^[1]

725 ft (221 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total651 • Density22/sq mi (8.5/km²)FIPS code18-10540^[3]GNIS feature ID453160

Carrollton Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 651 (up from 598 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 240 housing units.

History

Carrollton Township was organized in 1835.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.59 square miles (76.6 km²), of which 29.58 square miles (76.6 km²) (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (or 0.03%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Sharon
Wheeling

Adjacent townships

Washington Township (north)
Deer Creek Township, Cass County (northeast)
Ervin Township, Howard County (east)
Burlington Township (south)
Jackson Township (west)
Monroe Township (west)

Major highways

Indiana State Road 18
Indiana State Road 29
Indiana State Road 218

References

"Carrollton Township, Carroll 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

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Carrollton Township, Carroll County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Odell, John Curtis (1916). History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 81.