Marion Township, Dubois County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°24′02″N 86°50′15″W / 38.40056°N 86.83750°W / 38.40056; -86.83750CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyDuboisGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total32.66 sq mi (84.6 km²) • Land31.71 sq mi (82.1 km²) • Water0.95 sq mi (2.5 km²)Elevation

^[1]

499 ft (152 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,432 • Density47.3/sq mi (18.3/km²)FIPS code18-46890^[3]GNIS feature ID453605

Marion Township is one of twelve townships in Dubois County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,501 and it contained 767 housing units.^[4]

History

Marion Township was created from land given by Bainbridge, Hall, Columbia, Harbison, and Patoka townships.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.66 square miles (84.6 km²), of which 31.71 square miles (82.1 km²) (or 97.09%) is land and 0.95 square miles (2.5 km²) (or 2.91%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Dubois

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Indiana State Road 164

Education

Marion Township is in Northeast Dubois County School Corporation.^[6] The comprehensive high school of that school district is Northeast Dubois High School.

In 1948 Harbison and Marion townships were planning a joint high school.^[7]

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.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Marion Township, Dubois County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Wilson, George R. (1910). History of Dubois County from Its Primitive Days to 1910. Windmill Publications. pp. 359.
^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Dubois County, IN" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved June 12, 2024. - Text list.
^ "Hark the Herald-- This Is The Law On Holding Company School Financing". Dubois County Daily Herald. Vol. 53, no. 236. Jasper, Indiana. July 14, 1948. pp. 1, 7 – via Newspapers.com.