Gilboa Township, Benton County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°41′36″N 87°09′31″W / 40.69333°N 87.15861°W / 40.69333; -87.15861CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBentonOrganizedDecember 1866Government

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• 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 code765FIPS 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
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	854	—
1900	839	−1.8%
1910	721	−14.1%
1920	705	−2.2%
1930	625	−11.3%
1940	578	−7.5%
1950	513	−11.2%
1960	442	−13.8%
1970	363	−17.9%
1980	311	−14.3%
1990	281	−9.6%
2000	241	−14.2%
2010	250	3.7%
2020	282	12.8%
Source: US Decennial Census^[7]

Geography

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

Adjacent townships

Center (southwest)
Pine (south)
Union (west)
Carpenter Township, Jasper County (north)
Princeton Township, White County (northeast)
Round Grove Township, White County (southeast)
West Point Township, White County (east)

Tri-County School Corporation Education

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

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.
^ "Gilboa 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.
^ "Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper, and Newton counties, Indiana". Indiana State Library Digital Collections. 1883. p. 225. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".