Official Name: | Newbury Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | LaGrange |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 35.78 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.26 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.52 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 5792 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 273 |
Elevation Ft: | 896 |
Coordinates: | 41.6508°N -85.5947°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-52686[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453661 |
Newbury Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 5,792, up from 5,219 at the previous census.[3]
According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 36.5% of the township's population spoke only English, while 63.4 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
Newbury Township was organized in 1837.[4]
The Menno Yoder Polygonal Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.55%) is land and (or 1.45%) is water.[3]