Country United States County Daviess GNIS feature ID 453785 Local time Sunday 3:04 PM | State Indiana FIPS code 18-63702 Elevation 156 m Population 631 (2010) | |
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Weather 15°C, Wind SW at 16 km/h, 86% Humidity Area 116.4 km² (113.6 km² Land / 2.745 km² Water) | ||
Reeve Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 631 and it contained 257 housing units.
Contents
- Map of Reeve Township IN USA
- History
- Geography
- Cities and towns
- Unincorporated towns
- Adjacent townships
- Cemeteries
- References
Map of Reeve Township, IN, USA
History
Reeve Township was organized on 12 May 1817 at the first meeting of the Daviess County Commissioners. It was named for its earliest resident, South Carolina native Joshua Reeve, who had settled in the township in 1808. As the first settler in the area, Reeve lived in an isolated cabin in the forest; in order to obtain needed supplies, he was forced to travel to Vincennes. Desiring to simplify his travels, Reeve blazed a trail through the woods from his home to Vincennes; in later years, the route became a road, and by the early twentieth century it had become one of the county's leading highways.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 44.95 square miles (116.4 km2), of which 43.88 square miles (113.6 km2) (or 97.62%) is land and 1.06 square miles (2.7 km2) (or 2.36%) is water. Big Piney Pond and Little Piney Pond are in this township.
Cities and towns
Unincorporated towns
Adjacent townships
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: the Alfordsville Christian Cemetery just north of town, Old Union Cemetery on the land originally owned by James Allen and his wife, Mary Hizer Allen, southwest of town, and the Helpenstine Cemetery (also known as the McCord Cemetery) east of town on the County Line Road.