Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Van Buren Township is one of eleven townships
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...

 in Monroe County
Monroe County, Indiana
As of the census of 2010, there were 137,974 people, 46,898 households, and 24,715 families residing in the county. The population density was 306 people per square mile . There were 50,846 housing units at an average density of 129 per square mile...

, Indiana
Indiana
Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

, USA
United States
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. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...

, its population was 11,434.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Van Buren Township covers an area of 34.87 square miles (90.3 km²).

Unincorporated towns

  • Elwren
    Elwren, Indiana
    Elwren is an unincorporated town in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana....

     at 39.1086578°N 86.6697233°W
  • Garden Acres at 39.1244916°N 86.5780538°W
  • Highland Village at 39.1608802°N 86.5836098°W
  • Kirby
    Kirby, Indiana
    Kirby is an unincorporated community in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana....

     at 39.1367136°N 86.6099994°W
  • Leonard Springs at 39.1406027°N 86.5772205°W
  • Stanford
    Stanford, Indiana
    Stanford is an unincorporated town in Van Buren Township, Monroe County, Indiana.-Geography:Stanford is located at ....

     at 39.089769°N 86.6666675°W
  • Van Buren Park at 39.1358804°N 86.5808317°W

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

Political districts

  • Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based primary in the central part of the state, the district consists of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion,...

  • State House District 60
  • State Senate District 40

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