Spencer Township, Jennings County, Indiana

Spencer Township
Spencer Township
Township
	Location in Jennings County
	Coordinates: 38°58′24″N 85°44′41″W / 38.97333°N 85.74472°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jennings
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	49.23 sq mi (127.5 km2)
• Land	48.91 sq mi (126.7 km2)
• Water	0.32 sq mi (0.8 km2) 0.65%
Elevation	646 ft (197 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,416
• Density	49/sq mi (19/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453861

Spencer Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,416 (up from 2,326 at 2010^[1]) and it contained 938 housing units.^[2]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,410	—
1900	1,584	12.3%
1910	1,347	−15.0%
1920	1,215	−9.8%
1930	981	−19.3%
1940	1,123	14.5%
1950	1,166	3.8%
1960	1,421	21.9%
1970	1,570	10.5%
1980	2,093	33.3%
1990	1,980	−5.4%
2000	2,073	4.7%
2010	2,326	12.2%
2020	2,416	3.9%
Source: US Decennial Census^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 49.23 square miles (127.5 km²), of which 48.91 square miles (126.7 km²) (or 99.35%) is land and 0.32 square miles (0.83 km²) (or 0.65%) is water.^[1] The streams of Indian Creek, Little Mutton Creek, Powder Creek, Storm Creek, Tea Creek and Twomile Creek run through this township.