York Township, Benton County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°42′03″N 87°29′03″W / 40.70083°N 87.48417°W / 40.70083; -87.48417CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBentonOrganizedJune 1860Government

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total27.5 sq mi (71 km²) • Land27.49 sq mi (71.2 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

784 ft (239 m)Population

(2020)

• Total155 • Density5.6/sq mi (2.2/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)Area code219FIPS code18-85940^[2]GNIS feature ID454066

York Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 155 and it contained 82 housing units.^[3] It was organized in June 1860 and named for the state of New York, the former home of local pioneer John Fleming.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	625	—
1900	593	−5.1%
1910	550	−7.3%
1920	510	−7.3%
1930	492	−3.5%
1940	385	−21.7%
1950	342	−11.2%
1960	336	−1.8%
1970	288	−14.3%
1980	245	−14.9%
1990	224	−8.6%
2000	241	7.6%
2010	181	−24.9%
2020	155	−14.4%
Source: US Decennial Census^[5]

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 27.5 square miles (71 km²), all land.^[3] Since 2006 the township has the latest annual sunset of any location in Indiana (every late June about a week after the solstice) when the entire eastern time zone part of Indiana for the first time was completely on day light savings time, and latest annual sunrise of any location in Indiana (in the first week of January) since 1967 when it joined Eastern time zone along with all of Benton County and many other Indiana counties.

Unincorporated towns

Raub
Sheff

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

Adjacent townships

Parish Grove (south)
Richland (east)
Jefferson Township, Newton County (north)

Major highways

U.S. Route 41
State Road 71

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Blue Ridge and Fleming.

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
U.S. Board on Geographic Names

^ "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.
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". US 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".