New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana

New Garden Township
New Garden Township
Township
	The Levi Coffin House, a historic place in Fountain City
	Location in Wayne County
	Coordinates: 39°57′38″N84°55′11″W / 39.96056°N 84.91972°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Wayne
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	23.4 sq mi (61 km2)
• Land	23.39 sq mi (60.6 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 0.09%
Elevation	1,115 ft (340 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,977
• Density	84.5/sq mi (32.6/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code	765
GNIS feature ID	453664

Last updated July 28, 2023

New Garden Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,977 and it contained 794 housing units.^[2]

History

New Garden Township was organized in 1817.^[3] It was named by Quaker settlers after the New Garden Friends meeting house, in Guilford County, North Carolina.^[4]^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.4 square miles (61 km²), of which 23.39 square miles (60.6 km²) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.09%) is water.^[2] The streams of Berg Brook, Fellow Brook, Fountain Creek, Garden Run, Gray Brook, Grove Creek, Knoll Run, Line Brook, Odd Run, Pole Creek, Quack Creek, Reel Run, Silver Brook, Slow Run, Willow Run, Woods Branch and Youngs Brook run through this township.

Cities and towns

Fountain City

Adjacent townships

Greensfork Township, Randolph County (northeast)
Franklin Township (east)
Wayne Township (south)
Webster Township (southwest)
Green Township (west)
Washington Township, Randolph County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Willow Grove.

Major highways

U.S. Route 27

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References

↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
↑ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 289.
↑ History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volume 2. Inter-State Publishing Company. 1884. p. 627.
↑ Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Western Historical Association. p. 86.

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

[census-2] 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

[3] Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 289.

[4] History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volume 2. Inter-State Publishing Company. 1884. p. 627.

[5] Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Western Historical Association. p. 86.

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