Official Name: | Laughery Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Ripley |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 25.97 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 25.85 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.12 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 5090 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 276 |
Elevation Ft: | 906 |
Coordinates: | 39.2519°N -85.2539°W |
Area Code: | 812 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-42336[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453542 |
Laughery Township is one of eleven townships in Ripley County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,090 (up from 4,736 at 2010[3]) and it contained 2,108 housing units.[4]
Laughery Township took its name from Laughery Creek.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.54%) is land and (or 0.46%) is water.[3]