Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana
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Tobin Township is one of seven townships
Civil township
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 in Perry County
Perry County, Indiana
Perry County is a county located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2010, the population was 19,338. The county seat is Tell City. It is the hilliest county as well as one of the most forested counties of in Indiana as it features more than of Hoosier National Forest...

, Indiana
Indiana
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, USA
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. As of the 2000 census
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, its population was 709.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, Tobin Township covers an area of 65.6 square miles (169.9 km²); of this, 63.7 square miles (165 km²) (97.12 percent) is land and 1.89 square miles (4.9 km²) (2.88 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

  • Dodd at 37.91228°N 86.6519286°W
  • Gerald
    Gerald, Indiana
    Gerald is an unincorporated community in Perry County, Indiana, United States.-Notable people:* Andrew Jacobs , a Democratic Congressman-External links:*...

     at 38.0075611°N 86.5730367°W
  • Hardingrove at 37.9270043°N 86.57137°W
  • Lauer at 37.879225°N 86.6016491°W
  • Rome
    Rome, Indiana
    Rome is an unincorporated community along the Ohio River in southeastern Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States. It lies across the river from Stephensport, Kentucky and just off Indiana State Road 66 above the city of Tell City, the county seat of Perry County. Its elevation is...

     at 37.9233942°N 86.5235905°W
  • Tobinsport
    Tobinsport, Indiana
    Tobinsport, Indiana is a small unincorporated community located along the Ohio River in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States. Directly across the river is Cloverport, Kentucky. It is at the southernmost point of Perry County....

     at 37.8525572°N 86.6355393°W

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these twenty cemeteries: Brashear, Bryant, Carr, Conner, Connor, Cooks, German Ridge, Gilliand, Groves, Harding, Lamb, Lamb, Lower Cummings, Maier, Saint Johns, Saint Peters, Schraner, Shoemaker, Upper Cummings and Wegenast.

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