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Wood Township
Township
Location of Wood Township in Clark County
Coordinates: 38°27′25″N 85°55′45″W / 38.45694°N 85.92917°W / 38.45694; -85.92917
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Clark
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	38.97 sq mi (100.9 km)
• Land	38.83 sq mi (100.6 km)
• Water	0.13 sq mi (0.3 km)
Elevation	545 ft (166 m)
Population
• Total	2,766
• Density	70.7/sq mi (27.3/km)
FIPS code	18-85166
GNIS feature ID	454063

Wood Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,747 and it contained 1,148 housing units.

History

Wood Township was named for George Wood, a pioneer settler.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 38.97 square miles (100.9 km), of which 38.83 square miles (100.6 km) (or 99.64%) is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km) (or 0.33%) is water. It is 11 miles NW of Louisville, KY.

Cities and towns

• Borden

Unincorporated towns

• Chestnut Hill
• Pulltight
• Starlight

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

Adjacent townships

• Polk Township, Washington County (north)
• Monroe Township (northeast)
• Carr Township (east)
• Lafayette Township, Floyd County (southeast)
• Greenville Township, Floyd County (southwest)
• Jackson Township, Washington County (west)

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 60

Cemeteries

The township contains several cemeteries: African-American Cemetery near Daisy Hill Cemetery, Borden Town, Daisy Hill, Dow, Emmanuel, Fisher, Gibson, Goss, Goss II, Gruen, Hallett, Johnson, McKinley-Packwood, New Chapel, Newman/Fisher, Pleasant Ridge, Robertson, St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Walnut Hill, Whitson, and Wood.

References

• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Wood Township, Clark County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "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.
5. Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. pp. 19.
6. Mauk, Lois. "Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries". usgennet.org. USGenNet. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Jeffersonville
Cities	Charlestown Jeffersonville
Towns	Borden Clarksville Sellersburg Utica
Townships	Bethlehem Carr Charlestown Jeffersonville Monroe Oregon Owen Silver Creek Union Utica Washington Wood
CDPs	Henryville Memphis New Washington Otisco Underwood
Other communities	Arctic Springs Bennettsville Bethlehem Blue Lick Broom Hill Carwood Cementville Hamburg Hibernia Marysville Nabb‡ New Market Oak Park Otto Prather River Ridge Speed Springville Starlight Sunset Village Watson Wilson
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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• Townships in Clark County, Indiana
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