Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana

Washington Township is one of ten townships in Gibson County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 731 (down from 785 at 2010 ) and it contained 326 housing units. Like Wabash Township, Washington Township also has no organized seat within the township, despite its two corporation-worthy towns Mount Olympus and Wheeling. Patoka, in White River Township, serves as the seat.

Washington Township was organized in 1824, and named for President George Washington.

History
The Trippett-Glaze-Duncan-Kolb Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993, with a boundary increase in 2009.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.79 sqmi, of which 36.34 sqmi (or 98.78%) is land and 0.44 sqmi (or 1.20%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

 * Giro (Buena Vista)
 * Mount Olympus
 * Oatsville
 * Wheeling

Adjacent townships
Gibson County Knox County Pike County
 * Center Township (south)
 * Patoka Township (southwest)
 * White River Township (west)
 * Johnson Township (north)
 * Clay Township (northeast)
 * Logan Township (east)

Cemeteries
The township contains five cemeteries: Armstrong, Kirk, Kirk-McRoberts, Phillips and Richardson.

Major highways

 * Indiana State Road 56
 * Indiana State Road 65

Education
Washington Township is served by the North Gibson School Corporation although not having any schools of its own since the early 1970s.