Knight Township Vanderburgh County |
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Township | |
Location in Vanderburgh County |
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Coordinates: 37°58′03″N 87°29′48″W / 37.96750°N 87.49667°WCoordinates: 37°58′03″N 87°29′48″W / 37.96750°N 87.49667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Vanderburgh |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 34.79 sq mi (90.1 km2) |
• Land | 34.19 sq mi (88.6 km2) |
• Water | 0.6 sq mi (2 km2) 1.72% |
Elevation | 387 ft (118 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 67,945 |
• Density | 1,987.3/sq mi (767.3/km2) |
ZIP codes | 47711, 47713, 47714, 47715 |
GNIS feature ID | 453528 |
Knight Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 67,945 and it contained 33,472 housing units. Knight Township has the largest township population in Southwestern Indiana and is the home of nearly 40 percent of Vanderburgh County's population. On October 1, 2009, the City of Evansville officially annexed territory within Knight Township bounded between Burkhardt Road, the Lloyd Expressway and Morgan Avenue.
Knight Township was organized in 1840.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 34.79 square miles (90.1 km2), of which 34.19 square miles (88.6 km2) (or 98.28%) is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) (or 1.72%) is water.
The township contains these two cemeteries: Oak Hill and Oates Memorial Park.