Official Name: | New Garden Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Mapsize: | 290px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Wayne |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 23.4 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 23.39 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.09 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1949 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 84.5 |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 340 |
Elevation Ft: | 1115 |
Coordinates: | 39.9606°N -84.9197°W |
Area Code: | 765 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453664 |
New Garden Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,977 and it contained 794 housing units.[3]
New Garden Township was organized in 1817.[4] It was named by Quaker settlers after the New Garden Friends meeting house, in Guilford County, North Carolina.[5] [6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.09%) is water.[3] The streams of Berg Brook, Fellow Brook, Fountain Creek, Garden Run, Gray Brook, Grove Creek, Knoll Run, Line Brook, Odd Run, Pole Creek, Quack Creek, Reel Run, Silver Brook, Slow Run, Willow Run, Woods Branch and Youngs Brook run through this township.
The township contains two cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Willow Grove.