Beaver Township, Newton County, Indiana

Beaver Township
Beaver Township
Township
	Location in Newton County
	Coordinates: 40°57′34″N 87°27′24″W / 40.95944°N 87.45667°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Newton
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	42.27 sq mi (109.5 km2)
• Land	40.88 sq mi (105.9 km2)
• Water	1.39 sq mi (3.6 km2) 3.29%
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	1,534
• Density	37.52/sq mi (14.49/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	47922, 47963
Area code	219
GNIS feature ID	453102

Beaver Township is one of ten townships in Newton County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,534 and it contained 681 housing units.^[2]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,052	—
1900	1,600	52.1%
1910	1,524	−4.7%
1920	1,687	10.7%
1930	1,563	−7.4%
1940	1,693	8.3%
1950	1,726	1.9%
1960	1,923	11.4%
1970	1,831	−4.8%
1980	1,863	1.7%
1990	1,547	−17.0%
2000	1,667	7.8%
2010	1,573	−5.6%
2020	1,534	−2.5%
Source: US Decennial Census^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.27 square miles (109.5 km²), of which 40.88 square miles (105.9 km²) (or 96.71%) is land and 1.39 square miles (3.6 km²) (or 3.29%) is water.^[4]