Monroe Township, Pike County, Indiana

Monroe Township
Pike County
Monroe Township ; Pike County
Township
	Location in Pike County
	Coordinates: 38°17′15″N 87°15′27″W / 38.28750°N 87.25750°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Pike
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	43.67 sq mi (113.1 km2)
• Land	42.46 sq mi (110.0 km2)
• Water	1.21 sq mi (3.1 km2) 2.77%
Elevation	479 ft (146 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	623
• Density	14/sq mi (5.5/km2)
ZIP codes	47584, 47585, 47598, 47619, 47660
GNIS feature ID	453644

Monroe Township is one of nine townships in Pike County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 623 and it contained 297 housing units.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,240	—
1900	2,264	1.1%
1910	2,037	−10.0%
1920	1,616	−20.7%
1930	1,737	7.5%
1940	1,521	−12.4%
1950	1,218	−19.9%
1960	927	−23.9%
1970	842	−9.2%
1980	839	−0.4%
1990	733	−12.6%
2000	715	−2.5%
2010	673	−5.9%
2020	623	−7.4%
Source: US Decennial Census^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 43.67 square miles (113.1 km²), of which 42.46 square miles (110.0 km²) (or 97.23%) is land and 1.21 square miles (3.1 km²) (or 2.77%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Spurgeon

Unincorporated towns

Coe at 38°18′23″N 87°15′29″W / 38.306438°N 87.258064°W / 38.306438; -87.258064
Enos Corner at 38°17′21″N 87°15′40″W / 38.289216°N 87.26112°W / 38.289216; -87.26112
Oakland City Junction at 38°19′54″N 87°18′05″W / 38.331715°N 87.301400°W / 38.331715; -87.301400
Scottsburg at 38°17′19″N 87°13′09″W / 38.288661°N 87.219174°W / 38.288661; -87.219174

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Coleman, Davis, Saint Pauls, Simpson and Union.

Major highways

SR 61

Lakes

Enos Lake
Grey Lake

School districts

Pike County School Corporation

Political districts

State House District 63
State Senate District 48

References

"Monroe Township, Pike County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 26, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "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.

External links

[1] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2024.

[2] "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".

[census-3] "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.

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v t Municipalities and communities of Pike County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Petersburg
City	Petersburg	Map of Indiana highlighting Pike County
Towns	Spurgeon Winslow
Townships	Clay Jefferson Lockhart Logan Madison Marion Monroe Patoka Washington
CDPs	Alford Arthur Glezen Otwell Stendal Velpen
Other communities	Algiers Arda Augusta Ayrshire Bowman Campbelltown Cato Chandler Coats Spring Coe Enos Corner Hartwell Highbank Town Iva Littles Marysville Muren Oatsville‡ Pikeville Rogers Rumble Scottsburg Survant Union West Petersburg White Sulphur Springs Whiteoak Willisville Zoar‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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