Tennyson is a town in Skelton Township, Warrick County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.

[5] The town was named after George Martin Van Buren Tennyson.

Indiana State Road 161 (signed as Main Street) traverses the town from north to south.

Little Pigeon Creek and its associated state wetland conservation area lies just east of Tennyson.

According to the 2010 census, Tennyson has a total area of 0.23 square miles (0.60 km2), all land.

The racial makeup of the town was 99.3% White, 0.4% African American, and 0.4% from other races.

The racial makeup of the town was 98.97% White, 0.34% African American, and 0.69% from two or more races.

About 13.7% of families and 16.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 21.7% of those 65 or over.