| Official Name: | Clinton Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Elkhart |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.78 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.73 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.06 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4870 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 279 |
| Elevation Ft: | 915 |
| Coordinates: | 41.5681°N -85.7081°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-13726[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453231 |
Clinton Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,870, up from 4,624 at the previous census.[3]
According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 41.4% of the township's population spoke only English, while 57.2 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
Clinton Township was named for the son of a pioneer settler.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.86%) is land and (or 0.17%) is water.[3] Fish Lake is in this township.
The township contains at least six cemeteries: Clinton Brick Mennonite, Clinton Union, Nisley, Rock Run, Thomas, and Woodlawn [5]