Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana

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Van Buren Township
Township
Map highlighting Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana.svg
Location of Van Buren Township in Brown County
Coordinates: 39°05′40″N86°10′27″W / 39.09444°N 86.17417°W / 39.09444; -86.17417
Country United States
State Indiana
County Brown
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total
87.33 sq mi (226.2 km2)
 • Land87.2 sq mi (226 km2)
 • Water0.13 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation
[1]
692 ft (211 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,908
 • Density22/sq mi (8.4/km2)
FIPS code 18-78398 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453942

Van Buren Township is one of four townships in Brown County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,903 and it contained 888 housing units. [3] The township includes the southern portion of Brown County State Park.

Contents

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890 2,297—
1900 1,956−14.8%
1910 1,647−15.8%
1920 1,321−19.8%
1930 837−36.6%
1940 1,01821.6%
1950 883−13.3%
1960 822−6.9%
1970 95015.6%
1980 1,20727.1%
1990 1,41917.6%
2000 1,78225.6%
2010 2,00812.7%
2020 1,903−5.2%
Source: US Decennial Census [4]

History

Van Buren Township was established in 1836. It is named for Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States. [5]

In 1892, a church later known as Grandview Apostolic Church was built along Grandview Ridge Road, [6] on the eastern edge of Van Buren Township. [7] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, [6] but after it was arsoned on July 14, 2010, [8] it was removed from the Register. [9]

The Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker at Stone Head was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [10]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 87.33 square miles (226.2 km2), of which 87.2 square miles (226 km2) (or 99.85%) is land and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) (or 0.15%) is water. [11] Black Oak Pond, Meyer Pond and Treaty Line Pond are in this township.

Unincorporated towns

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

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains eleven cemeteries: Beck' Grove, Bellsville, Cain, Christiansburg, Elkinsville, McKinney, Moffitt, Mt. Zion, Phillips, Reeves and Spiker.

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  5. ↑ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp.  747.
  6. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  7. ↑ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 51. ISBN   0-89933-319-2.
  8. ↑ Arson suspected in Grandview Church fire UPDATED Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine , Brown County Democrat, 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  9. ↑ Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/27/10 Through 10/01/10, National Park Service, 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
  10. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  11. ↑ "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.
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