- Source: Van Buren Township, Daviess County, Indiana
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) and it contained 727 housing units.
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.
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.
= Unincorporated towns
=Raglesville
= Adjacent townships
=Madison Township (north)
Perry Township, Martin County (east)
Barr Township (south)
Bogard Township (west)
Elmore Township (northwest)
= Cemeteries
=The township contains five cemeteries: Evans Memorial Park, Franklin, Kilgore, Liberty and Stoll.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
U.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
Indiana Township Association
United Township Association of Indiana
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- Van Buren Township, Daviess County, Indiana
- Daviess County, Indiana
- Van Buren Township, Indiana
- Van Buren Township
- Barr Township, Daviess County, Indiana
- Madison Township, Daviess County, Indiana
- Raglesville, Indiana
- Elmore Township, Daviess County, Indiana
- Bogard Township, Daviess County, Indiana
- Indiana's 8th congressional district
