Van Buren Township, Brown County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°05′40″N 86°10′27″W / 39.09444°N 86.17417°W / 39.09444; -86.17417CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBrownGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total87.33 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)

• Total1,908 • Density22/sq mi (8.4/km²)FIPS code18-78398^[2]GNIS feature ID453942

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.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,297	—
1900	1,956	−14.8%
1910	1,647	−15.8%
1920	1,321	−19.8%
1930	837	−36.6%
1940	1,018	21.6%
1950	883	−13.3%
1960	822	−6.9%
1970	950	15.6%
1980	1,207	27.1%
1990	1,419	17.6%
2000	1,782	25.6%
2010	2,008	12.7%
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

Becks Grove
Christiansburg
Elkinsville
Lake on the Green
Pikes Peak
Spurgeons Corner
Stone Head
Story

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

Adjacent townships

Washington (northwest)
Harrison Township, Bartholomew County (northeast)
Jackson Township, Bartholomew County (east)
Ohio Township, Bartholomew County (east)
Pershing Township, Jackson County (southeast)
Salt Creek Township, Jackson County (southwest)

Major highways

Indiana State Road 135

Cemeteries

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

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
U.S. Board on Geographic Names

^ "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.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 747.
^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ DeLorme. Indiana Atlas & Gazetteer. 3rd ed. Yarmouth: DeLorme, 2004, 51. ISBN 0-89933-319-2.
^ 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.
^ Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/27/10 Through 10/01/10, National Park Service, 2010-10-08. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "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.