Decker Township, Knox County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°28′32″N 87°38′00″W / 38.47556°N 87.63333°W / 38.47556; -87.63333CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyKnoxTownship SeatDeckerSchool DistrictSouth Knox School CorporationGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total46.43 sq mi (120.3 km²) • Land44.35 sq mi (114.9 km²) • Water2.08 sq mi (5.4 km²)Elevation

^[1]

400 ft (122 m)Population

(2020)

• Total209 • Density4.5/sq mi (1.7/km²)FIPS code18-17128^[2]GNIS feature ID453256

Decker Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 209 (down from 227 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 95 housing units.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,000	—
1900	1,327	32.7%
1910	1,328	0.1%
1920	1,133	−14.7%
1930	1,009	−10.9%
1940	868	−14.0%
1950	639	−26.4%
1960	432	−32.4%
1970	333	−22.9%
1980	270	−18.9%
1990	251	−7.0%
2000	242	−3.6%
2010	227	−6.2%
2020	209	−7.9%
Source: US Decennial Census^[5]

History

Decker Township is named for the Decker family of pioneer settlers.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 46.43 square miles (120.3 km²), of which 44.35 square miles (114.9 km²) (or 95.52%) is land and 2.08 square miles (5.4 km²) (or 4.48%) is water.^[3]

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "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 8, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1886. pp. 85.