Back Municipio de Curry Spanish Curry udalerria, Sullivan konderria (Indiana) Basque کری ٹاؤن شپ، سولیوان کاؤنٹی، انڈیانا Urdu Xã Curry, Quận Sullivan, Indiana Vietnamese 柯里鎮區 (印地安納州沙利文縣) Chinese
Curry Township | |
|---|---|
 Location in Sullivan County | |
| Coordinates: 39°12′51″N 87°23′56″W / 39.21417°N 87.39889°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Indiana |
| County | Sullivan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.12 sq mi (91.0 km2) |
| • Land | 34.95 sq mi (90.5 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2) 0.48% |
| Elevation | 545 ft (166 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 3,398 |
| • Density | 97/sq mi (37/km2) |
| ZIP codes | 47850, 47879 |
| GNIS feature ID | 453250 |
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]
| Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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] | |||
- ^ "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".