Center Township, Benton County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°36′15″N 87°17′43″W / 40.60417°N 87.29528°W / 40.60417; -87.29528CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBentonOrganizedJune 1875Government

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total53.82 sq mi (139.4 km²) • Land53.81 sq mi (139.4 km²) • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km²)Elevation

^[1]

804 ft (245 m)Population

(2020)

• Total2,715 • Density50.4/sq mi (19.5/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code765FIPS code18-11224^[2]GNIS feature ID453172

Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.^[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,715 and it contained 1,212 housing units.^[4] It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.^[5]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,219	—
1900	2,546	14.7%
1910	2,490	−2.2%
1920	2,529	1.6%
1930	2,624	3.8%
1940	2,840	8.2%
1950	3,012	6.1%
1960	3,345	11.1%
1970	3,418	2.2%
1980	3,062	−10.4%
1990	2,875	−6.1%
2000	2,854	−0.7%
2010	2,757	−3.4%
2020	2,715	−1.5%
Source: US Decennial Census^[6]

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 53.82 square miles (139.4 km²), of which 53.81 square miles (139.4 km²) (or 99.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km²) (or 0.02%) is water.^[4]

Cities and towns

Fowler (the county seat)

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Bolivar (southeast)
Gilboa (northeast)
Grant (southwest)
Oak Grove (south)
Parish Grove (west)
Pine (east)
Richland (northwest)
Union (north)

Major highways

U.S. Route 41
U.S. Route 52
State Road 18
State Road 55

Education

Benton Community School Corporation

References

Citations

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Center Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".