Harrison Township is one of nine

townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

Spencer County, Indiana Spencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,810. The county seat is Rockport. Despite not being in the Owensboro Metropolitan Area, the entire riverfront of the city of Owen ...

. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,936 and it contained 744 housing units. Because of the presence of the

St. Meinrad Archabbey Saint Meinrad Archabbey is a Catholic monastery in Spencer County, Indiana, US, 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 Archdiocese of Indianapolis () is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Indiana in the United States. When it was originally erected as the Diocese of Vincennes on May 6, 1834, it encompassed all of Indiana as well as the eastern ...

and not the Diocese of Evansville 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 the ninth president of the United States, serving from March 4 to April 4, 1841, the shortest presidency in U.S. history. He was also the first U.S. president to die in office, causin ...

(1773–1841) the ninth President of the United States (1841). The Huffman Mill Covered Bridge and St. Boniface Catholic Church are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

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 city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

* 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