Shawnee Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 662 and it contained 284 housing units.[1]
Shawnee Township | |
|---|---|
 Location of Shawnee Township in Fountain County | |
| Coordinates: 40°13′18″N 87°15′38″W / 40.22167°N 87.26056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Fountain |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
• Total | 34.82 sq mi (90.2 km2) |
| • Land | 34.67 sq mi (89.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0.16 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
| Elevation | 673 ft (205 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 662 |
| • Density | 19/sq mi (7.3/km2) |
| FIPS code | 18-69084 |
| GNIS feature ID | 453841 |
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 1,178 | — | |
| 1900 | 1,121 | −4.8% | |
| 1910 | 988 | −11.9% | |
| 1920 | 770 | −22.1% | |
| 1930 | 781 | 1.4% | |
| 1940 | 681 | −12.8% | |
| 1950 | 652 | −4.3% | |
| 1960 | 631 | −3.2% | |
| 1970 | 596 | −5.5% | |
| 1980 | 657 | 10.2% | |
| 1990 | 585 | −11.0% | |
| 2000 | 616 | 5.3% | |
| 2010 | 672 | 9.1% | |
| 2020 | 662 | −1.5% | |
| Source: US Decennial Census[2] | |||
Geography
editAccording to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 34.82 square miles (90.2 km2), of which 34.67 square miles (89.8 km2) (or 99.57%) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km2) (or 0.46%) is water.[3] It contains no incorporated settlements. The unincorporated communities of Aylesworth and Rob Roy both lie along the route of U.S. Route 41, while Fountain is in the far west on the east banks of the Wabash River. State Road 55 shares the route of U.S. 41 south from Attica until it reaches Rob Roy, at which point State Road 55 goes east while U.S. 41 continues south.
Cemeteries
editBeulah Cemetery[4] lies in the northeast part of the township; Brown Cemetery[5] lies in the southwest.
References
edit- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Beulah Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ "Brown Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 10, 2011.