Marion Township, Shelby County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Marion Township
Township

Coordinates: 39°35′29″N 85°45′18″W / 39.59139°N 85.75500°W / 39.59139; -85.75500
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Shelby
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	24.95 sq mi (64.6 km)
• Land	24.82 sq mi (64.3 km)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km)
Elevation	791 ft (241 m)
Population
• Total	1,935
• Density	77.5/sq mi (29.9/km)
FIPS code	18-47052
GNIS feature ID	453613

Marion Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,923 and it contained 867 housing units.

Marion Township was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, known as the Swamp Fox.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.95 square miles (64.6 km), of which 24.82 square miles (64.3 km) (or 99.48%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km) (or 0.48%) is water.

Unincorporated communities

Marion

References

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
"Census Bureau profile: Marion Township, Shelby County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "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.
Chadwick, Edward H. (1909). Chadwick's History of Shelby County, Indiana. B.F. Bowen. p. 90.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Shelby County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Shelbyville
City	Shelbyville	Map of Indiana highlighting Shelby County
Towns	Edinburgh‡ Fairland Morristown St. Paul‡
Townships	Addison Brandywine Hanover Hendricks Jackson Liberty Marion Moral Noble Shelby Sugar Creek Union Van Buren Washington
CDPs	Blue Ridge Boggstown Carrollton‡ Flat Rock Fountaintown Geneva Gwynneville London Marietta Marion Pleasant View Waldron
Other communities	Bengal Brookfield Clover Village Fenns Freeport Lewis Creek London Heights Meiks Meltzer Middletown Morven Mount Auburn Norristown Pleasure Valley Prescott Rays Crossing Sleepy Hollow Smithland Sugar Creek Walkerville Wilson Corner
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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