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 (or 99.68%) is land and (or 0.32%) is water.
Unincorporated towns Apalona at Bandon at Branchville at Celina at Doolittle Mills at Oriole at Saint Croix at (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
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 Interstate 64 Indiana State Road 37
School districts It is in the Perry Central Community School Corporation. - Text list
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
References
United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles IndianaMap
External links Indiana Township Association United Township Association of Indiana City-Data.com page for Oil Township