Greenville Township | |
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Coordinates: 38°22′07″N 85°58′43″W / 38.36861°N 85.97861°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Floyd |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 33.5 sq mi (87 km2) |
• Land | 33.39 sq mi (86.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2) |
Elevation | 820 ft (250 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,590 |
• Density | 202/sq mi (78/km2) |
FIPS code | 18-29862[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 453355 |
Greenville Township is one of five townships in Floyd County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,746 and it contained 2,532 housing units.[4]
The Jersey Park Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 33.5 square miles (87 km2), of which 33.39 square miles (86.5 km2) (or 99.67%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 0.33%) is water.[4]
The township contains three cemeteries: Buttontown (in an 1876 obituary, it was called Kepley Schoolhouse Cemetery),[6] Greenlawn and Mount Eden.