Troy Township, Fountain County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°09′25″N 87°21′00″W / 40.15694°N 87.35000°W / 40.15694; -87.35000CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyFountainGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total44.44 sq mi (115.1 km²) • Land43.86 sq mi (113.6 km²) • Water0.58 sq mi (1.5 km²)Elevation

^[1]

650 ft (198 m)Population

(2020)

• Total3,735 • Density84/sq mi (32/km²)FIPS code18-76616^[2]GNIS feature ID453902

Troy Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,735 and it contained 1,674 housing units.^[3]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,968	—
1900	3,366	13.4%
1910	3,050	−9.4%
1920	2,785	−8.7%
1930	2,817	1.1%
1940	2,876	2.1%
1950	2,927	1.8%
1960	3,449	17.8%
1970	3,458	0.3%
1980	4,019	16.2%
1990	3,840	−4.5%
2000	3,801	−1.0%
2010	3,711	−2.4%
2020	3,735	0.6%
Source: US Decennial Census^[4]

Geography

Troy Township lies along the western side of Fountain County; the Wabash River defines the western borders of both. According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.44 square miles (115.1 km²), of which 43.86 square miles (113.6 km²) (or 98.69%) is land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km²) (or 1.31%) is water.^[5]

Troy Township contains the Fountain County seat of Covington, in the western part of the county near the river. At one time, the unincorporated community of Layton existed in the southeast part of the township along the present route of U.S. Route 136.

Interstate 74 passes through the southern part of the township. U.S. Route 136 lies to the north of I-74 for most of its route; it passes through Covington, but east of Layton, I-74 crosses to its north side.

Cemeteries

The township contains the four cemeteries of Bend, Mount Hope, Prescott Grove and Sand Hill.

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
U.S. Board on Geographic Names

^ "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 13, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ "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.

Bibliography

Beckwith, H. W. (1881). "Troy Township". History of Fountain County, together with historic notes on the Wabash Valley. Chicago: H. H. Hill and N. Iddings, Publishers. pp. 85–169.
Clifton, Thomas, ed. (1913). "Troy Township". Past and Present of Fountain and Warren Counties Indiana. Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen and Company. pp. 156–158. Retrieved September 19, 2010.