Official Name: | Gilboa Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Benton |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Established Title: | Organized |
Established Date: | December 1866 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.94 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.94 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 282 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 7 |
Timezone: | EST |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 231 |
Elevation Ft: | 758 |
Coordinates: | 40.6933°N -87.1586°W |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-27630[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453330 |
Gilboa Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana.[3] As of the 2020 census, its population was 282 and it contained 100 housing units.[4] It is named for Mount Gilboa, a prominence in the southern part of the township.[5] It was created in 1866 out of the northern part of Pine Township, after the petition of 21 residents there.[6]
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4]