Davis Township
Township
Location of Davis Township in Fountain County
Coordinates: 40°18′27″N 87°07′42″W / 40.30750°N 87.12833°W / 40.30750; -87.12833
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Fountain
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	23.71 sq mi (61.4 km2)
• Land	23.54 sq mi (61.0 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation [1]	712 ft (217 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	564
• Density	24/sq mi (9.2/km2)
FIPS code	18-16912[2]
GNIS feature ID	453253

Davis Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 564 and it contained 285 housing units.^[3]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.71 square miles (61.4 km²), of which 23.54 square miles (61.0 km²) (or 99.28%) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.44 km²) (or 0.72%) is water.^[5] It contains no incorporated settlements but four unincorporated ones. Both Maysville Crossing and Riverside lie in the northwest part of the township along the Norfolk Southern Railway line; Riverside is across the Wabash River from Independence in neighboring Warren County. Roberts is in the eastern part of the township, and Vine is near the center. There is a naturally occurring hollow in the Township known as Possum Holler. It's a ready-made weather break for those who live there and a lovely drive for those passing through. The area is rich in a wide variety of indigenous flora and fauna. Many locals refuse to live anywhere else calling the Holler home for generations

Indiana State Road 28 crosses the south part of the township from east to west.^[6] Indiana State Road 341 begins at State Road 28 and runs south.^[7]

The township contains Maysville Cemetery, to the southwest of Maysville Crossing.^[8] Salem Cemetery is also within Davis Township and is located southeast of the location marked Vine but north of State Rd 28.

• "Davis Township, Fountain County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana