Curry Township
Township
Location in Sullivan County
Location in Sullivan County
Coordinates: 39°12′51″N 87°23′56″W / 39.21417°N 87.39889°W / 39.21417; -87.39889
Country United States
State Indiana
CountySullivan
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total35.12 sq mi (91.0 km2)
 • Land34.95 sq mi (90.5 km2)
 • Water0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)  0.48%
Elevation
545 ft (166 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total3,559
 • Density101.8/sq mi (39.3/km2)
ZIP codes
47850, 47879
GNIS feature ID453250

Curry Township is one of nine townships in Sullivan County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,559 and it contained 1,643 housing units.[1] All three of Terre Haute's television affiliates (WTWO, WTHI, and WAWV) and several radio stations have or share transmitter towers in the northern end of the township just south of Farmersburg.

The township is named after William Curry, who was the area's first settler when he arrived there in 1817 from Kentucky.[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.12 square miles (91.0 km2), of which 34.95 square miles (90.5 km2) (or 99.52%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km2) (or 0.48%) is water.[1]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Douglas Chapel, Ebenezer, McKinney and West Lawn.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

  • Austin Air Ads Airport

School districts

  • Northeast School Corporation

Political districts

References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. ↑ Wolfe, Thomas Jefferson (1909). History of Sullivan County, Indiana. New York, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 43.
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