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Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana

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Smyrna Township
Township
Map highlighting Smyrna Township, Jefferson County, Indiana.svg
Location in Jefferson County
Coordinates: 38°47′35″N85°30′33″W / 38.79306°N 85.50917°W / 38.79306; -85.50917
Country United States
State Indiana
County Jefferson
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
25.95 sq mi (67.2 km2)
 • Land25.93 sq mi (67.2 km2)
 • Water0.02 sq mi (0.052 km2)  0.08%
Elevation
761 ft (232 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,116
 • Density43.04/sq mi (16.62/km2)
GNIS feature ID 0453855

Smyrna Township is one of ten townships in Jefferson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,116 and it contained 453 housing units. [1]

Contents

Created on June 16, 1847, by the Jefferson County Commissioners, Smyrna was the last of Jefferson County's 10 townships to be formed. It is largely rural with only small unincorporated areas as population centers.

No post offices operate in the township.

The following post offices once operated in the township: Creswell (May 29, 1856-Nov. 30, 1892) and (June 6, 1893-Sept. 13, 1902); Volga (May 29, 1856 – July 14, 1904); Wakefield (July 8, 1899-Feb. 15, 1905). 6.

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 867—
1900 810−6.6%
1910 756−6.7%
1920 7924.8%
1930 634−19.9%
1940 6441.6%
1950 6490.8%
1960 72611.9%
1970 81512.3%
1980 8868.7%
1990 9305.0%
2000 1,06514.5%
2010 1,0962.9%
2020 1,1161.8%
Source: US Decennial Census [2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25.95 square miles (67.2 km2), of which 25.93 square miles (67.2 km2) (or 99.92%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.08%) is water. [3] The streams of Goose Creek, Harberts Creek and Hensley Creek run through this township.

Unincorporated towns

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains the following cemeteries: Brown (Sauer farm) Ford, Hopewell, Kinnear, Lawler (1) and Lawler (2), Lowe, McKay-Stites, Neavill, Shiloh, and Smyrna Presbyterian.

Major highways

Education

The school district is Southwestern Jefferson County Consolidated Schools. [4] The comprehensive high school is Southwestern High School.

References

  1. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Jefferson County, IN (PDF) (Map). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved February 7, 2026. - Text list

Baker, J. David, The Postal History of Indiana, 1976, Philatelic Bibliophile, P.O. Box 213971, Louisville, Ky. 1976.

Gresham, John M. & Co., 1889. Biographical & Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott and Washington.

John Paul Chapter DAR. Jefferson County Cemetery Transcriptions, 1941

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