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Perry Township
Perry Township
Township
	Field in Perry Township
	Location in Monroe County
	Coordinates: 39°07′21″N 86°31′08″W / 39.12250°N 86.51889°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Monroe
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.48 sq mi (91.9 km2)
• Land	35.36 sq mi (91.6 km2)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km2) 0.34%
Elevation	728 ft (222 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	52,807
• Density	1,433.2/sq mi (553.4/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	47401, 47403, 47404
Area code(s)	812, 930
GNIS feature ID	453723

Perry Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 50,673 and it contained 24,194 housing units.^[3]

History edit

Perry Township was established in 1830.^[4] It was named for Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry.^[5]

Geography edit

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.48 square miles (91.9 km²), of which 35.36 square miles (91.6 km²) (or 99.66%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km²) (or 0.34%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages edit

Bloomington (southern half of the city, south of [approximately] Third Street)

Unincorporated towns edit

Broadview at 39°08′23″N 86°32′18″W / 39.13977°N 86.538330°W / 39.13977; -86.538330
Clear Creek at 39°06′33″N 86°32′24″W / 39.109214°N 86.539997°W / 39.109214; -86.539997
Handy at 39°05′45″N 86°29′38″W / 39.095881°N 86.493884°W / 39.095881; -86.493884
Hoosier Acres at 39°09′28″N 86°29′13″W / 39.157825°N 86.48694°W / 39.157825; -86.48694
Ridgemede at 39°09′07″N 86°30′11″W / 39.151992°N 86.503052°W / 39.151992; -86.503052
Sanders at 39°04′47″N 86°30′48″W / 39.079770°N 86.513329°W / 39.079770; -86.513329
Sunny Slopes at 39°07′55″N 86°31′52″W / 39.131992°N 86.531108°W / 39.131992; -86.531108

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries edit

The township contains Mount Salem Cemetery.

Major highways edit

School districts edit

Monroe County Community School Corporation

Political districts edit

Indiana's 9th congressional district
State House District 60
State House District 61
State Senate District 40

Gallery edit

Kalacakra Stupa, Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center
All Saints' Orthodox Church on a winter day
A county road crossing Clear Creek
An old limestone quarry

References edit

"Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Perry Township, Monroe County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 381.
^ History of Lawrence and Monroe Counties, Indiana: Their People, Industries, and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. 1914. pp. 417.