New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana Explained

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]

History

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]

Geography

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.

Cities and towns

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Willow Grove.

Major highways

References

  1. Web site: May 2023 . Census Bureau profile: New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana . . March 24, 2024.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2017-05-09. United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007.
  3. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212204139/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18177 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-10.
  4. Book: History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time . R. Clarke & Company . Young, Andrew White . 1872 . 289.
  5. Book: History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volume 2 . Inter-State Publishing Company . 1884 . 627.
  6. Book: Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present . Western Historical Association . Fox, Henry Clay . 1912 . 86.

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