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Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Knox

GNIS feature ID
  
453513

Local time
  
Monday 1:53 AM

State
  
Indiana

FIPS code
  
18-38700

Elevation
  
153 m

Population
  
1,382 (2010)

Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana

Weather
  
1°C, Wind NE at 11 km/h, 51% Humidity

Area
  
132 km² (130.8 km² Land / 122 ha Water)

Johnson Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,382 and it contained 581 housing units.

Contents

Map of Johnson Township, IN, USA

History

Johnson Township is named for Thomas Johnson, an early pioneer settler who arrived in 1800, settling on land that later became the Purcell Station area. His son Thomas Johnson Jr. expanded the property and married into the Catt family.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 50.98 square miles (132.0 km2), of which 50.51 square miles (130.8 km2) (or 99.08%) is land and 0.47 square miles (1.2 km2) (or 0.92%) is water.

References

Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana Wikipedia