Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°31′09″N 87°15′54″W / 40.51917°N 87.26500°W / 40.51917; -87.26500[1]
(2020)
Oak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,551 and it contained 690 housing units.[3] It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840.[4] It takes its name from White Oak Grove which grew southwest of Oxford.[5]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 1,495 | — | |
1900 | 1,675 | 12.0% | |
1910 | 1,603 | −4.3% | |
1920 | 1,522 | −5.1% | |
1930 | 1,430 | −6.0% | |
1940 | 1,220 | −14.7% | |
1950 | 1,410 | 15.6% | |
1960 | 1,621 | 15.0% | |
1970 | 1,629 | 0.5% | |
1980 | 1,810 | 11.1% | |
1990 | 1,641 | −9.3% | |
2000 | 1,694 | 3.2% | |
2010 | 1,581 | −6.7% | |
2020 | 1,551 | −1.9% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[6] |
Geography
According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 35.53 square miles (92.0 km2), of which 35.51 square miles (92.0 km2) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.06%) is water.[3]
Cities and towns
Unincorporated towns
Adjacent townships
- Bolivar (east)
- Center (north)
- Grant (west)
- Pine (northeast)
- Adams Township, Warren County (southeast)
- Pine Township, Warren County (southwest)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Justus and Oxford.
References
Citations
- ^ "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 "Explore Census Data". US Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 20.
- ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Benton County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Sources
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- U.S. Board on Geographic Names
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Fowler
- Bolivar
- Center
- Gilboa
- Grant
- Hickory Grove
- Oak Grove
- Parish Grove
- Pine
- Richland
- Union
- York
communities
- Atkinson
- Barce
- Chase
- Dunnington
- Fargo
- Foresman
- Free
- Freeland Park
- Gravel Hill
- Handy
- Lochiel
- Powley Corners‡
- Swanington
- Talbot
- Wadena
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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