Oil Township, Perry County, Indiana

Oil Township is one of seven townships in Perry County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,545 and it contained 532 housing units.

History

Oil Township took its name from Oil Creek.
The Jacob Rickenbaugh House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Unincorporated towns

Apalona at
Bandon at
Branchville at
Celina at
Doolittle Mills at
Oriole at
Saint Croix at
Cemeteries

The township contains these sixteen cemeteries: Bangle, Colby, Ewing, German Ridge, Guillaume, Jeffries, Jones, Luxenburger, Miller, Rickenbaugh, Senn, Sprinkle, Underhill, Valley, Walker and Woolums.

Major highways

25px Interstate 64
25px Indiana State Road 37
School districts

It is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation.
Prior to 1962, Oil Township had its own high school. The school colors were green and white, and the mascot was the Oilers. That year, it merged into Perry Central High School.

Political districts

State House District 73
State Senate District 47