Butler Township, Franklin County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Butler Township
Township
Location of Butler Township in Franklin County
Coordinates: 39°20′55″N 85°07′24″W / 39.34861°N 85.12333°W / 39.34861; -85.12333
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Franklin
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	30.36 sq mi (78.6 km)
• Land	30.28 sq mi (78.4 km)
• Water	0.09 sq mi (0.2 km)
Elevation	915 ft (279 m)
Population
• Total	1,297
• Density	43/sq mi (16/km)
FIPS code	18-09568
GNIS feature ID	453149

Butler Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,297, down from 1,318 at 2010.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,243	—
1900	1,073	−13.7%
1910	876	−18.4%
1920	851	−2.9%
1930	749	−12.0%
1940	738	−1.5%
1950	826	11.9%
1960	823	−0.4%
1970	846	2.8%
1980	942	11.3%
1990	992	5.3%
2000	1,175	18.4%
2010	1,318	12.2%
2020	1,297	−1.6%
Source: US Decennial Census

History

Butler Township was established in 1849. Butler Township is named after Butler County, Ohio, the native home of many of its early settlers.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.36 square miles (78.6 km), of which 30.28 square miles (78.4 km) (or 99.74%) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km) (or 0.30%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Wolf Creek.

References

"Butler Township, Franklin 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.
"Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
^ "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.
"Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 134.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Brookville
City	Batesville‡	Map of Indiana highlighting Franklin County
Towns	Brookville Cedar Grove Laurel Mount Carmel Oldenburg
Townships	Bath Blooming Grove Brookville Butler Fairfield Highland Laurel Metamora Posey Ray Salt Creek Springfield Whitewater
CDPs	Andersonville Blooming Grove Hamburg Lake Santee‡ Lake View Lakeshore Resort Metamora New Trenton Peppertown
Other communities	Bath Buena Vista Drewersburg Enochsburg Highland Center Huntersville Klemmes Corner Midway Millville Mixersville Mound Haven Mount Auburn New Fairfield Oak Forest Old Bath Palestine Peoria Raymond Rockdale Saint Marys Saint Peter Scipio‡ Sharptown South Gate Stavetown Whitcomb Yellow Bank Youngs Corner
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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