Palmyra Township | |
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![]() Rose Hill Farmstead, a historic site in the township | |
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Coordinates: 38°40′49″N 87°24′34″W / 38.68028°N 87.40944°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Knox |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 37.48 sq mi (97.1 km2) |
• Land | 37.47 sq mi (97.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
Elevation | 505 ft (154 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,512 |
• Density | 40/sq mi (16/km2) |
FIPS code | 18-57744[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 453704 |
Palmyra Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,512 (up from 1,466 at 2010[3]) and it contained 632 housing units.[4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 1,241 | — | |
1900 | 1,364 | 9.9% | |
1910 | 1,201 | −12.0% | |
1920 | 1,143 | −4.8% | |
1930 | 1,102 | −3.6% | |
1940 | 1,083 | −1.7% | |
1950 | 1,136 | 4.9% | |
1960 | 1,204 | 6.0% | |
1970 | 1,188 | −1.3% | |
1980 | 1,578 | 32.8% | |
1990 | 1,401 | −11.2% | |
2000 | 1,593 | 13.7% | |
2010 | 1,466 | −8.0% | |
2020 | 1,512 | 3.1% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[5] |