Ervin Township, Howard County, Indiana
Ervin Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,227 and it contained 879 housing units.History
Ervin township was named for Robert Ervin, a county judge.
In the mid-1800s, the township was home to two African American settlements, the Rush Settlement and the Bassett Settlement. The Bassett settlement was the home of Richard Bassett, a Baptist minister who later became the third African-American state representative in Indiana history, and the first from Howard County.Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land. The stream of Petes Run runs through this township.Unincorporated towns
The township contains ten cemeteries: Barnett, Brown, Kappa, Mound, North Union, Petes Run, Pickett, Price, Rush and South Union.Major highways
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