| Official Name: | Monroe Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.06 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 55.78 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.28 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 5610 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 96.9 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 160 |
| Elevation Ft: | 525 |
| Coordinates: | 38.5447°N -85.7736°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-50274[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453636 |
Monroe Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,402 and it contained 2,125 housing units.[4]
Monroe Township was organized prior to 1827 but the exact date is unclear because records have been lost. It was likely named for President James Monroe.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.50%) is land and (or 0.50%) is water.[4]
The township contains several cemeteries: Blue Lick Cemetery (a.k.a. Mountain Grove), Bowerman Cemetery, Cass, Clegg (a.k.a. Mt. Moriah), Collings, Dieterlen Grave, Dietz, Forest Grove (a.k.a. Willey's Chapel), Guernsey, Henryville, Hylton-Condrey, Hosea Family, Kaylor-Wilcox, Little Union (a.k.a. Gross), McBride-Allen-Biggs (a.k.a. Allen), Mt. Lebanon, Mt. Moriah, Mt. Zion, Otisco II, St. Clair, St. Francis Catholic (a.k.a. Henryville Catholic), Tuttle, and Wootan.[6]