Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana

Washington Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 731 and it contained 326 housing units. Like Wabash Township, Washington Township also has no organized seat within the township, despite its two corporation-worthy towns Mount Olympus and Wheeling. Patoka, in White River Township, serves as the seat.

History

The Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with a boundary increase in 2009. ==Geography==

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.78%) is land and (or 1.20%) is water. ==Point of Interest==

Point of Interest

Unincorporated towns • Giro (Buena Vista) • Mount Olympus • Oatsville • Wheeling Adjacent townships Gibson County • Center Township (south) • Patoka Township (southwest) • White River Township (west) Knox County • Johnson Township (north) Pike County • Clay Township (northeast) • Logan Township (east) Cemeteries The township contains five cemeteries: Armstrong, Kirk, Kirk-McRoberts, Phillips and Richardson. Major highways • Indiana State Road 56 • Indiana State Road 65 ==Education==

Education

Washington Township is served by the North Gibson School Corporation although not having any schools of its own since the early 1970s. ==References==

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