Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana

Washington Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 731 (down from 785 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 326 housing units.^[4] Like Wabash Township, Washington Township also has no organized seat within the township, despite its two corporation-worthy towns Mount Olympus and Wheeling. Patoka, in White River Township, serves as the seat.

Washington Township Gibson County
Township
Location within Gibson County
Coordinates: 38°26′41″N 87°28′21″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Gibson
Township Seat	(None) Patoka in White River Township serves as seat.
School District	North Gibson School Corporation
Named after	George Washington
Government
• Type	Indiana township
• Trustee	Tony Shroeder
Area
• Total	36.79 sq mi (95.3 km2)
• Land	36.34 sq mi (94.1 km2)
• Water	0.44 sq mi (1.1 km2)
Elevation [1]	499 ft (152 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	731
• Density	20/sq mi (7.7/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (CST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	47567, 47640, 47649, 47666, 47670
Area code	812
FIPS code	18-80612[2]
GNIS feature ID	453995
Washington Township is one of two townships in Gibson County that has no Zip Code or Township Seat. Although Oatsville, on the county line with Pike County has its own code.

Washington Township was organized in 1824, and named for President George Washington.^[5]

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	1,576		—
1900	1,904		20.8%
1910	1,546		−18.8%
1920	1,503		−2.8%
1930	1,378		−8.3%
1940	1,260		−8.6%
1950	1,013		−19.6%
1960	816		−19.4%
1970	698		−14.5%
1980	718		2.9%
1990	714		−0.6%
2000	703		−1.5%
2010	785		11.7%
2020	731		−6.9%
Source: US Decennial Census[6]

History

The Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with a boundary increase in 2009.^[7]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.79 square miles (95.3 km²), of which 36.34 square miles (94.1 km²) (or 98.78%) is land and 0.44 square miles (1.1 km²) (or 1.20%) is water.^[3]

Point of Interest

Wheeling Covered Bridge

Unincorporated towns

• Giro (Buena Vista)
• Mount Olympus
• Oatsville
• Wheeling

Adjacent townships

Gibson County

• Center Township (south)
• Patoka Township (southwest)
• White River Township (west)

Knox County

• Johnson Township (north)

Pike County

• Clay Township (northeast)
• Logan Township (east)

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Armstrong, Kirk, Kirk-McRoberts, Phillips and Richardson.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 56
• Indiana State Road 65

Education

Washington Township is served by the North Gibson School Corporation although not having any schools of its own since the early 1970s.