Curry Township, Sullivan County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°12′51″N 87°23′56″W / 39.21417°N 87.39889°W / 39.21417; -87.39889Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountySullivanGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total35.12 sq mi (91.0 km²) • Land34.95 sq mi (90.5 km²) • Water0.17 sq mi (0.4 km²) 0.48%Elevation

545 ft (166 m)Population

(2020)

• Total3,398 • Density97/sq mi (37/km²)ZIP codes

47850, 47879

GNIS feature ID453250

Curry Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,398 and it contained 1,543 housing units.^[1] All three of Terre Haute's television affiliates (WTWO, WTHI, and WAWV) and several radio stations have or share transmitter towers in the northern end of the township just south of Farmersburg.

The township is named after William Curry, who was the area's first settler when he arrived there in 1817 from Kentucky.^[2]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,443	—
1900	2,871	17.5%
1910	5,300	84.6%
1920	4,798	−9.5%
1930	4,327	−9.8%
1940	4,150	−4.1%
1950	3,872	−6.7%
1960	3,959	2.2%
1970	3,778	−4.6%
1980	3,988	5.6%
1990	3,633	−8.9%
2000	3,769	3.7%
2010	3,559	−5.6%
2020	3,398	−4.5%
Source: US Decennial Census^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.12 square miles (91.0 km²), of which 34.95 square miles (90.5 km²) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²) (or 0.48%) is water.^[4]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

Baldridge at 39°13′23″N 87°22′20″W / 39.223096°N 87.372241°W / 39.223096; -87.372241
Curryville at 39°11′13″N 87°23′33″W / 39.186985°N 87.392519°W / 39.186985; -87.392519
East Shelburn at 39°10′28″N 87°22′47″W / 39.174486°N 87.379741°W / 39.174486; -87.379741
Standard at 39°11′47″N 87°23′21″W / 39.19643°N 87.389186°W / 39.19643; -87.389186
Wilfred at 39°11′12″N 87°21′09″W / 39.186708°N 87.352518°W / 39.186708; -87.352518

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

Adjacent townships

Linton Township, Vigo County (north)
Pierson Township, Vigo County (northeast)
Jackson Township (east)
Hamilton Township (south)
Turman Township (southwest)
Fairbanks Township (west)
Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Douglas Chapel, Ebenezer, McKinney and West Lawn.

Major highways

U.S. Route 41

Airports and landing strips

Austin Air Ads Airport

School districts

Northeast School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 8th congressional district
State House District 45
State Senate District 39

References

United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
IndianaMap

^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 13, 2024.
^ Wolfe, Thomas Jefferson (1909). History of Sullivan County, Indiana. New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 43.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ "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.