Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
Appearance
Oak Grove Township | |
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Coordinates: 40°31′09″N 87°15′54″W / 40.51917°N 87.26500°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Benton |
Organized | July 1840 |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 35.53 sq mi (92.0 km2) |
• Land | 35.51 sq mi (92.0 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) |
Elevation | 748 ft (228 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 1,551 |
• Density | 43.6/sq mi (16.8/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (EST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
FIPS code | 18-55620[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 453681 |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Unincorporated towns
[edit]Adjacent townships
[edit]- Bolivar (east)
- Center (north)
- Grant (west)
- Pine (northeast)
- Adams Township, Warren County (southeast)
- Pine Township, Warren County (southwest)
Major highways
[edit]Cemeteries
[edit]The township contains two cemeteries: Justus and Oxford.
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]External links
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