Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°13′21″N 87°11′23″W / 39.22250°N 87.18972°W / 39.22250; -87.18972CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyClayGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total44.22 sq mi (114.5 km²) • Land44.05 sq mi (114.1 km²) • Water0.17 sq mi (0.4 km²)Elevation

^[1]

548 ft (167 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,373 • Density31/sq mi (12/km²)FIPS code18-43002^[2]GNIS feature ID453548

Lewis Township is one of eleven townships in Clay County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,373 (down from 1,464 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 613 housing units.^[4]

History

Lewis Township was organized in the 1840s. It was named for Lewis Cass.^[5]

Elijah Rawley was one of the first settlers in what became Lewis Township, arriving in about 1823, and built a mill on the Eel River near "Old Hill."^[6] Thus "Old Hill" or "The Old Hill" is among the oldest settled points on the Eel River.^[7] In fact, according to a 1902 article, when the county was organized in 1825, " 'The Old Hill' was the most frequented and noted point within its borders."^[8] From 1848 until 1853, a Carrithers Township existed, and the voting place was at Rawley's, at the intersection of current County Roads 525W and 600 South.^[9]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.22 square miles (114.5 km²), of which 44.05 square miles (114.1 km²) (or 99.62%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²) (or 0.38%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns

Bogle Corner
Brunswick
Coalmont
Howesville

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

Adjacent townships

Perry Township (north)
Harrison Township (northeast)
Smith Township, Greene County (southeast)
Wright Township, Greene County (south)
Jackson Township, Sullivan County (west)
Pierson Township, Vigo County (northwest)

Major highways

References

"Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "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 7, 2024.
^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 83.
^ History of Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana (1916)
^ (21 July 1889). News of the Neighborhood, Daily Wabash Express
^ The Clay County Researcher (Spring 1990)
^ (10 May 2016). Clay County Through the Years: Carrithers Township, The Brazil Times