Marion Township, Shelby County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°35′29″N 85°45′18″W / 39.59139°N 85.75500°W / 39.59139; -85.75500CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyShelbyGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total24.95 sq mi (64.6 km²) • Land24.82 sq mi (64.3 km²) • Water0.12 sq mi (0.3 km²)Elevation

^[1]

791 ft (241 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,935 • Density77.5/sq mi (29.9/km²)FIPS code18-47052^[3]GNIS feature ID453613

Marion Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,923 and it contained 867 housing units.^[4]

Marion Township was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, known as the Swamp Fox.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.95 square miles (64.6 km²), of which 24.82 square miles (64.3 km²) (or 99.48%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) (or 0.48%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated communities

Marion

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Marion Township, Shelby County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 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.
^ Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 90.