Harrison Township is one of nine

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 ...

Spencer County, Indiana Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,952. The county seat is Rockport. Despite not being in the Owensboro Metropolitan Area, the entire riverfront of the city of Owensbo ...

. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,000 and it contained 770 housing units. Because of the presence of the

St. Meinrad Archabbey Saint Meinrad Archabbey is a Catholic monastery in Spencer County, Indiana, USA, was founded by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland on March 21, 1854, and is home to approximately 79 monks. The Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology ...

, the Roman Catholic parishes in this township are under the jurisdiction of the

Archdiocese of Indianapolis The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis ( la, Archidioecesis Indianapolitana) is a division of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. When it was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes on May 6, 1834, it encompassed all of ...

and not the

Diocese of Evansville The Diocese of Evansville ( la, Dioecesis Evansvicensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Southwestern Indiana. On October 21, 1944, the then- Diocese of Indianapolis was split into the Archdiocese of Indianapolis and the Diocese of Evan ...

with the rest of Spencer County.

History

Harrison Township was organized in January 1841, and named for

William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773April 4, 1841) was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841, and had the shortest pres ...

(1773–1841) the ninth President of the United States (1841). The

Huffman Mill Covered Bridge Huffman Mill Covered Bridge is a historic covered bridge spanning the Anderson River in Anderson Township, Perry County and Harrison Township, Spencer County, Indiana. It was built in 1864–1865, and is a 148 foot long, Burr arch truss wood, ...

and St. Boniface Catholic Church 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 99.44%) is land and (or 0.54%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a town in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the town hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. History ...

* Huffman * St. Meinrad

References

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Spencer County, Indiana Townships in Indiana {{SpencerCountyIN-geo-stub