Official Name: | Michigan 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: | 1831 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.82 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.82 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1585 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 265 |
Elevation Ft: | 869 |
Coordinates: | 40.3183°N -86.405°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-48762[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453620 |
Michigan Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,585 (down from 1,649 at 2010[4]) and it contained 673 housing units. The township was named for the Michigan Road, an early thoroughfare through the area.[5]
Mahlon Shinn and Robert Edwards were the township's first white settlers, arriving in 1830 and followed the same year by many more. The township was organized in March 1831.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4] Prior to settlement the land was heavily timbered with oak, poplar, walnut, sugar maple, beech, elm, ironwood, dogwood and pawpaw.
The township contains seven cemeteries: Brandon, Hopewell Cemeteries, Layman, Layton, Old Whiteman, Paris and Whiteman.