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Polk Township, Huntington County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°47′09″N 85°36′10″W / 40.78583°N 85.60278°W / 40.78583; -85.60278CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyHuntingtonGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total24.11 sq mi (62.4 km²) • Land22.76 sq mi (58.9 km²) • Water1.35 sq mi (3.5 km²) 5.60%Elevation

804 ft (245 m)Population

(2020)

• Total464 • Density19.7/sq mi (7.6/km²)GNIS feature ID0453754

Polk Township is one of 12 townships in Huntington County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 464.^[1]

History

Polk Township was organized in 1846.^[2] It was named for President James K. Polk.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.11 square miles (62.4 km²), of which 22.76 square miles (58.9 km²) (or 94.40%) is land and 1.35 square miles (3.5 km²) (or 5.60%) is water.^[4]

Cities and towns

Mount Etna (northwest edge)

Unincorporated communities

Harlansburg

Adjacent townships

Dallas Township (north)
Huntington Township (northeast)
Lancaster Township (east)
Jefferson Township (southeast)
Wayne Township (south)
Liberty Township, Wabash County (southwest)
Lagro Township, Wabash County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Monument City Memorial.

Major highways

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,010	—
1900	874	−13.5%
1910	787	−10.0%
1920	670	−14.9%
1930	575	−14.2%
1940	550	−4.3%
1950	513	−6.7%
1960	498	−2.9%
1970	390	−21.7%
1980	409	4.9%
1990	399	−2.4%
2000	491	23.1%
2010	449	−8.6%
2020	464	3.3%
US Decennial Census^[5]

References

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

^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Bash, Frank Sumner (1914). History of Huntington County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People, and Its Principal Interests. The Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 108.
^ History of Huntington County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 728.
^ "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.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".