Ervin Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States.

[3] 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.

[3] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.24 square miles (109.4 km2), all land.

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

[5] The township contains ten cemeteries: Barnett, Brown, Kappa, Mound, North Union, Petes Run, Pickett, Price, Rush and South Union.