White River Township is one of ten townships

Township (United States)

A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....

 in Gibson County, Indiana

Gibson County, Indiana

Gibson County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana and is included in the Evansville, Indiana–Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2010, the population was 33,503. The county seat is Princeton.-Geography:...

. As of the 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, its population was 1,714. Hazleton is the township seat.

Geography

White River Township covers an area of 48.98 square miles (126.9 km²); of this, 1.38 square miles (3.6 km²) or 2.83 percent is water.

Unincorporated towns

• East Mount Carmel
  East Mount Carmel, Indiana
  East Mount Carmel is a small unincorporated town near the southwestern corner of White River Township in Gibson County, Indiana. The community is home to around 50 people.-Geography:...
  
  
• White River

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Gibson County

• Washington Township
  Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana
  Washington Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 703. Like Wabash Township, Washington Township also has no organized seat within the township, despite its two corporation-worthy towns Mount Olympus and Wheeling...
  
   (east)
• Patoka Township
  Patoka Township, Gibson County, Indiana
  Patoka Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 11,502. Patoka Township is the center of the North Gibson School Corporation. Patoka Township is the location of the county seat of Princeton and the center of Gibson...
  
   (south)
• Montgomery Township
  Montgomery Township, Gibson County, Indiana
  Montgomery Township is the largest of the ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana as well as one of the largest townships by area in Southwestern Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,698, with a 2005 population estimate of 4,479. Owensville is the seat. Montgomery Township is...
  
   (southwest)

Knox County

• Decker Township
  Decker Township, Knox County, Indiana
  Decker Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 242.-External links:* *...
  
   (northwest)
• Johnson Township
  Johnson Township, Knox County, Indiana
  Johnson Township is one of ten townships in Knox County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,486.-External links:* *...
  
   (northeast)

Wabash County, IL

Wabash County, Illinois

Wabash County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 11,947, which is a decrease of 7.7% from 12,937 in 2000...

• Mt. Carmel Precinct
  Mount Carmel Precinct, Wabash County, Illinois
  The Mount Carmel Precinct is largest of the eight precincts of Wabash County, Illinois. Roughly 85% of Wabash County's population resides in the precinct...
  
   (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Barnett, Decker Chapel, Field, Humphrey, Milburn, Morrison, Robb and Trippet.

Education

White River Township is served by the North Gibson School Corporation

North Gibson School Corporation

The North Gibson School Corporation is the second largest of the three public school governing institutions in Gibson County, Indiana, United States as well as one of the twenty largest in enrollment in Southwestern Indiana. The NGSC is responsible for a district including three townships of...

and like neighboring Washington Township also has no schools of its own since the early 1970s.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana