Michigan Township | |
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![]() Location of Michigan Township in Clinton County | |
Coordinates: 40°19′06″N 86°24′18″W / 40.31833°N 86.40500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Clinton |
Organized | 1831 |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 35.82 sq mi (92.8 km2) |
• Land | 35.82 sq mi (92.8 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,585 |
• Density | 44/sq mi (17/km2) |
FIPS code | 18-48762 [3] |
GNIS feature ID | 453620 |
Michigan Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,585 (down from 1,649 at 2010 [4]) and it contained 673 housing units. The township was named for the Michigan Road, an early thoroughfare through the area. [5]
Mahlon Shinn and Robert Edwards were the township's first white settlers, arriving in 1830 and followed the same year by many more. The township was organized in March 1831. [6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.82 square miles (92.8 km2), all land. [4] Prior to settlement the land was heavily timbered with oak, poplar, walnut, sugar maple, beech, elm, ironwood, dogwood and pawpaw. [6]
The township contains seven cemeteries: Brandon, Hopewell Cemeteries, Layman, Layton, Old Whiteman, Paris and Whiteman.
Michigan Township | |
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![]() Location of Michigan Township in Clinton County | |
Coordinates: 40°19′06″N 86°24′18″W / 40.31833°N 86.40500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Clinton |
Organized | 1831 |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 35.82 sq mi (92.8 km2) |
• Land | 35.82 sq mi (92.8 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
Elevation | 869 ft (265 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,585 |
• Density | 44/sq mi (17/km2) |
FIPS code | 18-48762 [3] |
GNIS feature ID | 453620 |
Michigan Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,585 (down from 1,649 at 2010 [4]) and it contained 673 housing units. The township was named for the Michigan Road, an early thoroughfare through the area. [5]
Mahlon Shinn and Robert Edwards were the township's first white settlers, arriving in 1830 and followed the same year by many more. The township was organized in March 1831. [6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.82 square miles (92.8 km2), all land. [4] Prior to settlement the land was heavily timbered with oak, poplar, walnut, sugar maple, beech, elm, ironwood, dogwood and pawpaw. [6]
The township contains seven cemeteries: Brandon, Hopewell Cemeteries, Layman, Layton, Old Whiteman, Paris and Whiteman.