Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°22′07″N 85°58′43″W / 38.36861°N 85.97861°W / 38.36861; -85.97861CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyFloydGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total33.5 sq mi (87 km²) • Land33.39 sq mi (86.5 km²) • Water0.11 sq mi (0.3 km²)Elevation

^[1]

820 ft (250 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total7,590 • Density202/sq mi (78/km²)FIPS code18-29862^[3]GNIS feature ID453355

Greenville Township is one of five townships in Floyd County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,746 and it contained 2,532 housing units.^[4]

History

The Jersey Park Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 33.5 square miles (87 km²), of which 33.39 square miles (86.5 km²) (or 99.67%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km²) (or 0.33%) is water.^[4]

Cities and towns

Galena
Greenville

Unincorporated towns

Navilleton

Adjacent townships

Wood Township, Clark County (northeast)
Lafayette Township (east)
Georgetown Township (southeast)
Jackson Township, Harrison County (southwest)
Morgan Township, Harrison County (west)
Jackson Township, Washington County (northwest)

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Buttontown (in an 1876 obituary, it was called Kepley Schoolhouse Cemetery),^[6] Greenlawn and Mount Eden.

References

"Greenville Township, Floyd 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.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Greenville Township, Floyd County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 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.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Obituary of Madison Martin who is buried in Buttontown Cemetery