en Van Buren Township, Daviess County, Indiana

Van Buren Township
Van Buren Township
Township
	Location of Van Buren Township in Daviess County
	Coordinates: 38°46′26″N 86°58′18″W / 38.77389°N 86.97167°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Daviess
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	30.86 sq mi (79.9 km2)
• Land	30.22 sq mi (78.3 km2)
• Water	0.65 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Elevation	492 ft (150 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,813
• Density	91/sq mi (35/km2)
FIPS code	18-78434
GNIS feature ID	453944

Van Buren Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,813 (up from 2,552 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 727 housing units.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,295	—
1900	1,312	1.3%
1910	1,199	−8.6%
1920	1,031	−14.0%
1930	897	−13.0%
1940	961	7.1%
1950	1,038	8.0%
1960	1,117	7.6%
1970	1,125	0.7%
1980	1,333	18.5%
1990	1,589	19.2%
2000	1,960	23.3%
2010	2,552	30.2%
2020	2,813	10.2%
Source: US Decennial Census^[5]

History

Van Buren Township was organized in September 1841; the last township to be formed in Daviess County, it was created in response to a petition circulated among residents of parts of Barr and Madison townships, praying to be set off as a separate township. In the first years of settlement, present-day Van Buren Township attracted few pioneers; most individuals in the area were trappers or hunters, and permanent settlement only began in the late 1820s.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.86 square miles (79.9 km²), of which 30.22 square miles (78.3 km²) (or 97.93%) is land and 0.65 square miles (1.7 km²) (or 2.11%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns

Raglesville

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Evans Memorial Park, Franklin, Kilgore, Liberty and Stoll.

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Fulkerson, A.O., ed. History of Daviess County Indiana: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Bowen: Indianapolis, 1915, 280.

External links

[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[GR2-2] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[census-3] "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.

[4] "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 8, 2024.

[5] "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".

[6] Fulkerson, A.O., ed. History of Daviess County Indiana: Its People, Industries, and Institutions. Bowen: Indianapolis, 1915, 280.

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Van Buren Township, Daviess County, Indiana