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Beaver Township, Newton County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°57′34″N 87°27′24″W / 40.95944°N 87.45667°W / 40.95944; -87.45667Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyNewtonGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total42.27 sq mi (109.5 km²) • Land40.88 sq mi (105.9 km²) • Water1.39 sq mi (3.6 km²) 3.29%Elevation

^[1]

669 ft (204 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,534 • Density36/sq mi (14/km²)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP codes

47922, 47963

Area code219GNIS feature ID453102

Beaver Township is one of ten townships in Newton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,534 and it contained 681 housing units.^[2]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,052	—
1900	1,600	52.1%
1910	1,524	−4.7%
1920	1,687	10.7%
1930	1,563	−7.4%
1940	1,693	8.3%
1950	1,726	1.9%
1960	1,923	11.4%
1970	1,831	−4.8%
1980	1,863	1.7%
1990	1,547	−17.0%
2000	1,667	7.8%
2010	1,573	−5.6%
2020	1,534	−2.5%
Source: US Decennial Census^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.27 square miles (109.5 km²), of which 40.88 square miles (105.9 km²) (or 96.71%) is land and 1.39 square miles (3.6 km²) (or 3.29%) is water.^[4]

Cities, towns, villages

Morocco

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Beaver City, Murphy, Bell, and Oakland.

Major highways

U.S. Route 41
State Road 114

Lakes

Cory Lake
J C Murphy Lake

School districts

North Newton School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 1st congressional district
State House District 15
State Senate District 6

References

"Beaver Township, Newton County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 9, 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.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ "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.