View source for Davis Township, Starke County, Indiana

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|official_name   = Davis Township
|settlement_type = [[Civil township|Township]]
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|subdivision_name1    = {{flag|Indiana}}
|subdivision_type2    = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]]
|subdivision_name2    = [[Starke County, Indiana|Starke]]
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|government_type      = [[Indiana Township Trustee|Indiana township]]
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|area_total_sq_mi   = 35.98
|area_land_sq_mi    = 35.89
|area_water_sq_mi   = 0.09
|area_water_percent = 0.25
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Davis Township, Starke County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Davis_township,_Starke_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1814916948 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=Apr 4, 2024}}</ref>
|population_total         = 1002
|population_density_sq_mi = 29.1
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|elevation_m         = 205
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|timezone         = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
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|postal_code      = 46532, 46534
|area_code        = [[Area code 574|574]]
|blank_name       = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank_info       = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453254 453254]
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'''Davis Township''' is one of nine [[Civil township|townships]] in [[Starke County, Indiana|Starke County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Indiana]].<ref>{{cite gnis|id=453254|name=Davis Township|accessdate=2009-07-05}}</ref> As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,002 (down from 1,043 at 2010<ref name="census">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18149
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202218/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18149
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2020-02-12
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1
|publisher=United States Census
|accessdate=2013-05-10
}}</ref>) and it contained 421 housing units.
==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|35.98|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|35.89|sqmi}} (or 99.75%) is land and {{convert|0.09|sqmi}} (or 0.25%) is water.<ref name="census"/>
===Cities, towns, villages===
* [[Hamlet, Indiana|Hamlet]] (west half)
===Adjacent townships===
* [[Union Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Union Township, LaPorte County]] (north)
* [[Johnson Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Johnson Township, LaPorte County]] (northeast)
* [[Oregon Township, Starke County, Indiana|Oregon Township]] (east)
* [[Washington Township, Starke County, Indiana|Washington Township]] (southeast)
* [[Center Township, Starke County, Indiana|Center Township]] (south)
* [[Jackson Township, Starke County, Indiana|Jackson Township]] (southwest)
* [[Hanna Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Hanna Township, LaPorte County]] (west)
* [[Prairie Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Prairie Township, LaPorte County]] (west)
===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=IN|US|30}}
* {{Jct|state=IN|US|35}}
===Airports and landing strips===
* Singletons Landing Strip
==School districts==
* Oregon-Davis School Corporation
==Political districts==
* [[Indiana's 2nd congressional district]]
* State House District 17
* State Senate District 5
==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081212132948/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.indianamap.org/ IndianaMap]
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==External links==
* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
* [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Davis Township
|North=[[Union Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Union Township, LaPorte County]]
|Northeast=[[Johnson Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Johnson Township, LaPorte County]]
|East=[[Oregon Township, Starke County, Indiana|Oregon Township]]
|Southeast=[[Washington Township, Starke County, Indiana|Washington Township]]
|South=[[Center Township, Starke County, Indiana|Center Township]]
|Southwest=[[Jackson Township, Starke County, Indiana|Jackson Township]]
|West=[[Hanna Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Hanna Township, LaPorte County]]<br/>[[Prairie Township, LaPorte County, Indiana|Prairie Township, LaPorte County]]
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{{Starke County, Indiana}}
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[[Category:Townships in Starke County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Townships in Indiana]]