Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°31′57″N 84°50′35″W / 40.53250°N 84.84306°W / 40.53250; -84.84306CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyJayGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total23.49 sq mi (60.8 km²) • Land23.46 sq mi (60.8 km²) • Water0.03 sq mi (0.08 km²) 0.13%Elevation

869 ft (265 m)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total542 • Density23/sq mi (8.9/km²)GNIS feature ID0453965

Wabash Township is one of twelve townships in Jay County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 542 inhabitants (down from 578 inhabitants from 2010^[2]) and it contained 168 housing units.^[1]

History

The Grouping of Religious Buildings at Trinity was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.49 square miles (60.8 km²), of which 23.46 square miles (60.8 km²) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) (or 0.13%) is water.^[2] The streams of Franks Drain, Loblolly Creek and Wilson Creek run through this township.

Unincorporated towns

Jay City
New Corydon
Trinity

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Stevenson.

Major highways

SR 67
SR 116

Airports and landing strips

Stolz Field

References

U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^a ^b "Census Bureau profile: Wabash Township, Jay County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
^ ^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.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.