| Official Name: | Kirklin Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clinton |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Established Title: | Organized |
| Established Date: | 1837 |
| Named For: | Nathan Kirk, settler |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.06 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.06 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1219 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 277 |
| Elevation Ft: | 909 |
| Coordinates: | 40.2161°N -86.3772°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-39960[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453527 |
Kirklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,219 (down from 1,380 at 2010[4]) and it contained 544 housing units.
The township was organized in 1837 from a piece of Jackson Township and named for Nathan Kirk, a local pioneer and the first settler in the eastern half of the county. Arriving in 1826, Kirk erected a log cabin in section 34 on the eastern side of what was known as Twelve Mile Prairie and remained the only white resident of the area that would become Kirklin Township until 1829, when Thaddeus Panburn and Daniel Hunter came and entered his employ.
Sugar Creek Township was set off from a piece of Kirklin Township in 1841. The Monon Railroad, arriving in 1883, was the first rail line to pass through the township and led to the founding of the town of Cyclone.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4]
The township contains six cemeteries: Bogan, Dew, Earp, Kings Corner, McIntire, Oak Hill and Stowers.