Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana

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Owen Township
Township
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County Road 600 North at Ellis, once a stop along the now-defunct railroad.
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Location of Owen Township in Clinton County
Coordinates: 40°23′25″N86°30′56″W / 40.39028°N 86.51556°W / 40.39028; -86.51556
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clinton
Organized1843
Named after Robert Dale Owen
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
24.98 sq mi (64.7 km2)
 • Land24.98 sq mi (64.7 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation
[1]
784 ft (239 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
879
 • Density35.2/sq mi (13.6/km2)
FIPS code 18-57456 [3]
GNIS feature ID 453701

Owen Township is one of the fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 879 (down from 930 at 2010 [4] ) and it contained 346 housing units. The township was named after Robert Dale Owen of New Harmony. [5]

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History

Originally included in Jackson Township, Owen was organized as a separate township in March, 1843. It lost a one-mile (1.6 km) strip along its southern border to Union Township which was created in 1889, leaving Owen a five-mile (8 km) by five-mile square. The first settlers in the area were Elihu Short, Samuel Gray, John Temple, and John Miller in 1828. [6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.98 square miles (64.7 km2), all land. [4]

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Cemeteries

Cemeteries:

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp.  32.
  6. ↑ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Owen Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
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