Back Municipio de Center (condado de Benton) Spanish Center udalerria, Benton konderria (Indiana) Basque سینٹر ٹاؤن شپ، بینٹن کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا Urdu Xã Center, Quận Benton, Indiana Vietnamese 森特鎮區 (印第安納州本頓縣) Chinese
Center Township | |
|---|---|
 Location of Center Township in Benton County | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′15″N 87°17′43″W / 40.60417°N 87.29528°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Benton |
| Organized | June 1875 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 53.82 sq mi (139.4 km2) |
| • Land | 53.81 sq mi (139.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 804 ft (245 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 2,715 |
| • Density | 50.4/sq mi (19.5/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 765 |
| FIPS code | 18-11224[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 453172 |
Center Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,715 and it contained 1,212 housing units.[4] It was organized in June 1875 and was originally known as Prairie Township.[5]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 2,219 | — | |
| 1900 | 2,546 | 14.7% | |
| 1910 | 2,490 | −2.2% | |
| 1920 | 2,529 | 1.6% | |
| 1930 | 2,624 | 3.8% | |
| 1940 | 2,840 | 8.2% | |
| 1950 | 3,012 | 6.1% | |
| 1960 | 3,345 | 11.1% | |
| 1970 | 3,418 | 2.2% | |
| 1980 | 3,062 | −10.4% | |
| 1990 | 2,875 | −6.1% | |
| 2000 | 2,854 | −0.7% | |
| 2010 | 2,757 | −3.4% | |
| 2020 | 2,715 | −1.5% | |
| Source: US Decennial Census[6] | |||
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Center Township, Benton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 21.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".