Prairie Township, Henry County, Indiana

Prairie Township
Prairie Township
Township
	Fields at the Wilbur Wright State Fish and Wildlife Area
	Location in Henry County
	Coordinates: 40°01′02″N 85°21′17″W / 40.01722°N 85.35472°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Henry
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	40.73 sq mi (105.5 km2)
• Land	39.74 sq mi (102.9 km2)
• Water	0.99 sq mi (2.6 km2) 2.43%
Elevation	1,047 ft (319 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	5,999
• Density	138.8/sq mi (53.6/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453768

Prairie Township is one of thirteen townships in Henry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,517 and it contained 1,346 housing units.^[2]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 40.73 square miles (105.5 km²), of which 39.74 square miles (102.9 km²) (or 97.57%) is land and 0.99 square miles (2.6 km²) (or 2.43%) is water.^[2] The streams of Aqua Run, Battle Brook, Brave Run, Brown Run, Brown Run, Cemetery Run, Chief Run, Colony Creek, Green Run, Harvey Run, Hillside Brook, Lavender Run, Lick Branch, Little Buck Creek, Moon Brook, Moonshine Run, Mount Run, Port Run, Red Brook, Red Run, Slo Run, Small Branch, Spring Run, Summit Brook and Yellow Run run through this township.