| Official Name: | Brown Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hancock |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.82 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.76 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.19 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2516 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 83.6 |
| Elevation M: | 296 |
| Elevation Ft: | 971 |
| Coordinates: | 39.9064°N -85.6339°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0453137 |
Brown Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,571 and it contained 1,067 housing units.[2]
Brown Township was organized in 1833. It was named for Prior Brown, a pioneer settler.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water.[2] The streams of Harlan Run, Maize Run, McCray Run, Shirley Drain and Village Brook run through this township.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains five cemeteries: McCray, Harlan, Hayes (twp), Gard (twp) and Reeves (twp).