Pigeon Township, Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Pigeon
Township
Pigeon ; Township
Township
	Location in Vanderburgh County
	Coordinates: 37°58′27″N 87°34′10″W / 37.97417°N 87.56944°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Vanderburgh
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	11.03 sq mi (28.6 km2)
• Land	10.86 sq mi (28.1 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2) 1.54%
Elevation	384 ft (117 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	27,415
• Density	2,745/sq mi (1,060/km2)
ZIP codes	42420, 47708, 47710, 47711, 47712, 47713, 47714, 47720
GNIS feature ID	453732

Pigeon Township is one of eight townships in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 29,799 and it contained 15,434 housing units.^[2] At just over 11 square miles and having just under 30,000 people, Pigeon Township is both the smallest and most densily populated township in both Vanderburgh County as well as in Southwestern Indiana as a whole. Downtown Evansville and several historical districts are located entirely within the township as it contains the oldest sections of the city.

Pigeon Township was established in 1818.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 11.03 square miles (28.6 km²), of which 10.86 square miles (28.1 km²) (or 98.46%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²) (or 1.54%) is water.^[2]