Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

37°57′17″N 86°35′37″W / 37.95472°N 86.59361°W / 37.95472; -86.59361Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyPerryGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total65.55 sq mi (169.8 km²) • Land63.91 sq mi (165.5 km²) • Water1.65 sq mi (4.3 km²) 2.52%Elevation

538 ft (164 m)Population

(2020)

• Total690 • Density11/sq mi (4.1/km²)ZIP codes

47520, 47525, 47574, 47586

GNIS feature ID453900

Tobin Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 690 and it contained 383 housing units.^[1]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,315	—
1900	2,272	−1.9%
1910	1,824	−19.7%
1920	1,584	−13.2%
1930	1,393	−12.1%
1940	1,312	−5.8%
1950	1,002	−23.6%
1960	726	−27.5%
1970	776	6.9%
1980	901	16.1%
1990	684	−24.1%
2000	709	3.7%
2010	768	8.3%
2020	690	−10.2%
Source: US Decennial Census^[2]

History

Several members of the Tobin family were among the pioneer settlers who arrived to Tobin Township in the 1810s.^[3]

The crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, which killed 63 people on March 17, 1960 occurred in Tobin Township.

The Old Perry County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 65.55 square miles (169.8 km²), of which 63.91 square miles (165.5 km²) (or 97.50%) is land and 1.65 square miles (4.3 km²) (or 2.52%) is water.^[5]

Unincorporated towns

Dodd at 37°54′44″N 86°39′07″W / 37.91228°N 86.651929°W / 37.91228; -86.651929
Gerald at 38°00′27″N 86°34′23″W / 38.007561°N 86.573037°W / 38.007561; -86.573037
Hardingrove at 37°55′37″N 86°34′17″W / 37.927004°N 86.57137°W / 37.927004; -86.57137
Lauer at 37°52′45″N 86°36′06″W / 37.879225°N 86.601649°W / 37.879225; -86.601649
Rome at 37°55′24″N 86°31′25″W / 37.923394°N 86.523591°W / 37.923394; -86.523591
Tobinsport at 37°51′09″N 86°38′08″W / 37.852557°N 86.635539°W / 37.852557; -86.635539

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

Cemeteries

The township contains these twenty cemeteries: Brashear, Bryant, Carr, Cockrell-Tate, Conner, Connor, Cooks, David Tate, George Tate, German Ridge, Gilliand, Groves, Harding, Hiley, Lamb, Lamb, Lower Cummings, Maier, Miller, Robinson, Saint Johns, Saint Peters, Sampley, Schraner, Seibert, Shoemaker, Simons, Smith, Tate, Upper Cummings and Wegenast.

School districts

Perry Central Community School Corporation

Political districts

State House District 74
State Senate District 47

References

"Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 21, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Hunt, Thomas James De la (1916). Perry County: A History. W.K. Stewart. p. 17.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "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.