West Point Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 357 and it contained 136 housing units.[1]

West Point Township was organized in 1845, and was named for a large tract of forest in the western part.[2]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890905—
19009606.1%
1910922−4.0%
1920875−5.1%
1930824−5.8%
1940746−9.5%
1950672−9.9%
19606892.5%
1970494−28.3%
1980430−13.0%
1990418−2.8%
2000371−11.2%
20103812.7%
2020357−6.3%
Source: US Decennial Census[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 53.6 square miles (139 km2), of which 53.53 square miles (138.6 km2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km2) (or 0.13%) is water.[4]

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains West Point Cemetery. Near the back of this cemetery is a marker for Alexander Lawrie, a northern captain in the Civil War and an artist of the Hudson River School. The market claims that Lawrie made a gift to the Indiana Museum of a set of 100 paintings of Civil War generals.

School districts

  • Tri-County School Corporation

Political districts

References

  1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Hamelle, W. H. (1915). A Standard History of White County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country. Unigraphic. p. 278.
  3. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  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.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Point_Township,_White_County,_Indiana
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