Center Township is one of eight

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Vanderburgh County Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 179,703. The county seat is in Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the seventh-largest county in 2010 population with 179,703 people, it is also the ...

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. As of the 2010 census, its population was 39,007 and it contained 16,306 housing units. Center Township was organized in 1843.

History

The Hooker-Ensle-Pierce House, McJohnston Chapel and Cemetery, and Charles Sweeton House are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.71%) is land and (or 1.29%) is water.

Cities and towns

Darmstadt Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...

(south edge) *

Evansville Evansville is a city in, and the county seat of, Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. The population was 118,414 at the 2020 census, making it the state's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, the largest city in S ...

(north portion) *

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

(CDP) * Melody Hill (CDP)

Unincorporated towns

* Country Club Meadows * Erskine Station * Harwood * Knob Hill * Kratzville * Lakewood Hills *

McCutchanville McCutchanville is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Vanderburgh County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. McCutchanville was established in 1845 and is named for Samuel McCutchan, a Scottish/ Irish immigrant who was the first postma ...

* Mechanicsville

Adjacent townships

** Scott Township (north) ** Knight Township (southeast) ** Perry Township (southwest) ** Pigeon Township (southwest) ** German Township (west) *

Warrick County Warrick County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 63,898. The county seat is Boonville. It was organized in 1813 and was named for Captain Jacob Warrick, an Indiana militia company commander killed ...

** Campbell Township (east)

Cemeteries

The township contains these eight cemeteries: Bethlehem, Campground, Locust Hill, Mount Carmel, Oak Ridge, Rose Hill, Saint Peters and Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Airports and landing strips

* Evansville Dress Regional Airport * Skylane Airport

School district history

As Center Township is part of Vanderburgh County, all students attend schools in the

Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) is a public school corporation serving Evansville, Indiana and Vanderburgh County; its boundary includes the entire county. It is the third largest school district in the state of Indiana, beh ...

. Center Township Schools, late 1800s * #1: Stringtown School: NW c. Stringtown & Mill Rds. * #2: Mt. Pleasant School: NW c. Mt. Pleasant & Old State Rds. (consolidated into Highland School 1923) * #3: McCutchanville School: c. Whetstone & Petersburg Rds. (consolidated into Oak Hill School, 1966, re-purposed). * #4: Lynch School: c. of Oak Hill & Lynch Rds. (consolidated into Oak Hill School, 1957, re-purposed) * #5: Highland School: NE c. Kratzville & Darmstadt Rd./First Ave. * #6: Union School: Darmstadt Rd. opposite Mohr Rd. (consolidated into Highland School, 1923) * #7: Hooker School: NW c. Oak Hill & Whetstone Rds. (consolidated into McCutchanville School, 1918) * #8 Kansas: NE c. Kansas & Green River Rds. (consolidated into McCutchanville School, 1918) * #9 Hornby/Erskine Station: NE c. Petersburg Rd. and US 41 (consolidated into McCutchanville School, 1918) * #10 Kratzville: NW c. Kratzville & Mill Rds. (consolidated into Highland School, 1923) * #11 Harwood/First Ave.: First Ave. N of Lohoff (consolidated into Cedar Hall School, 2011, re-purposed) In 1918 and 1923, some township schools were consolidated into McCutchanville and Highland Schools, respectively (Lynch and Stringtown Schools remained open). In 1957, Lynch School was consolidated into the new Oak Hill School (grades K-5 only), with McCutchanville School being consolidated into Oak Hill School and closed in 1966 when the grade 6-8 addition to Oak Hill was finished. Central High School moved from downtown Evansville to northern First Avenue/Darmstadt Road in 1973. 1984's reorganization changed a K-8 system into a K-5/6-8 system, while 2011 gave students the relocation of North High School and construction of North Junior High School far north of the city of Evansville, at the intersection of US 41 and Inglefield Rd. (Scott Township). Currently, Stringtown and Highland Elementary Schools (K-5) feed into Thompkins Middle School (6-8), and Harwood district's students attend Cedar Hall School (K-8), with all attending Central High School. East of US 41, students now attend Oak Hill, Vogel or Scott Elementary (K-6), then North Junior High School and North High School.

Political districts

Indiana's 8th congressional district Indiana's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Southwestern Indiana, southwest and west central Indiana, the district is anchored in Evansville, Indiana, Evansville and also includes Jas ...

* State House District 75 * State House District 78 * State Senate District 49 * State Senate District 50

References

*
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

IndianaMap

External links

{{authority control Townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana Townships in Indiana