Adams Township, Decatur County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°25′28″N 85°35′5″W / 39.42444°N 85.58472°W / 39.42444; -85.58472CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyDecaturGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total32.97 sq mi (85.4 km²) • Land32.94 sq mi (85.3 km²) • Water0.04 sq mi (0.1 km²)Elevation

807 ft (246 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,825 • Density55/sq mi (21/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP code

47240

Area code812FIPS code18-00370^[1]GNIS feature ID0453076

Adams Township is one of nine townships in Decatur County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,825 (down from 1,944 at 2010^[2]) and it contained 818 housing units.^[3]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,942	—
1900	1,867	−3.9%
1910	1,851	−0.9%
1920	1,647	−11.0%
1930	1,579	−4.1%
1940	1,558	−1.3%
1950	1,479	−5.1%
1960	1,609	8.8%
1970	1,657	3.0%
1980	1,903	14.8%
1990	1,889	−0.7%
2000	1,910	1.1%
2010	1,944	1.8%
2020	1,825	−6.1%
Source: US Decennial Census^[4]

History

Adams Township was organized in 1822.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.97 square miles (85.4 km²), of which 32.94 square miles (85.3 km²) (or 99.91%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km²) (or 0.12%) is water.^[2]

Town

Saint Paul

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Orange Township, Rush County (north)
Anderson Township, Rush County (northeast)
Clinton Township (east)
Washington Township (southeast)
Clay Township (southwest)
Noble Township, Shelby County (west)
Liberty Township, Shelby County (northwest)

Major highways

Interstate 74

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Arnold, Mount Hebron, Shiloh and Union.

References

"Adams Township, Decatur County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "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.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 95.