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Perry Township
Township
Location in Miami County
Coordinates: 40°57′24″N 86°00′48″W / 40.95667°N 86.01333°W / 40.95667; -86.01333
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Miami
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	40.53 sq mi (105.0 km)
• Land	40.39 sq mi (104.6 km)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km)  0.35%
Elevation	840 ft (256 m)
Population
• Total	822
• Density	20/sq mi (7.8/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46910, 46951, 46974
GNIS feature ID	453722

Perry Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 822 (down from 864 at 2010) and it contained 301 housing units.

History

The first settlement at Perry Township was made in 1833. Perry Township was organized in 1837. The township is named for Oliver Hazard Perry, best known for his heroic role in the War of 1812 during the Battle of Lake Erie.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 40.53 square miles (105.0 km), of which 40.39 square miles (104.6 km) (or 99.65%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km) (or 0.35%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Gilead at 40°58′13″N 86°01′07″W / 40.970321°N 86.018605°W / 40.970321; -86.018605

Extinct towns

• Hooversburg
• Niconza

Cemeteries

The township contains these five cemeteries: Gilead, Enterprise, Gaerte, Shoemaker and Tilden.

School districts

• North Miami Community Schools

Political districts

• Indiana's 5th congressional district
• State House District 23
• State Senate District 18

References

• "Perry Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Perry Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
3. ^ "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.
4. "History of Miami County (archived)". Miami County Tourism Office. Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
5. Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 137.
6. History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 712.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• City-Data.com page for Perry Township

v t e Places adjacent to Perry Township, Miami County, Indiana
Henry Township, Fulton County Allen Township Perry Township Paw Paw Township, Wabash County Pleasant Township, Wabash County Union Township Richland Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of Miami County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Peru
City	Peru
Towns	Amboy Bunker Hill Converse‡ Denver Macy
Townships	Allen Butler Clay Deer Creek Erie Harrison Jackson Jefferson Perry Peru Pipe Creek Richland Union Washington
CDPs	Bennetts Switch Chili Grissom AFB‡ Mexico Miami North Grove
Other communities	Birmingham Courter Deedsville Doyle Erie Flora Gilead Loree McGrawsville Nead New Santa Fe Oakdale Oakley Peoria Perrysburg Pettysville Ridgeview Santa Fe South Peru Stockdale‡ Wawpecong Wells
Ghost towns	Anson Brownell Busaco Cary Five Corners Hooversburg Leonda Niconza Paw Paw Snow Hill Stringtown Wagoner Wooleytown
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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