Oregon Township, Clark County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Oregon 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:31.27
Area Land Sq Mi:31.08
Area Water Sq Mi:0.19
Population As Of:2020
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1753
Population Density Sq Mi:56.9
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:203
Elevation Ft:666
Coordinates:38.5506°N -85.6411°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-56898[3]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:453693

Oregon Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,769 and it contained 692 housing units.[4]

History

Oregon Township was organized in 1852.[5] Oregon Township was purportedly so named because at the time of the township's organization, it was sparsely inhabited and considered as remote as the Oregon Territory.[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.39%) is land and (or 0.61%) is water.[4]

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains several cemeteries: Beswick (aka Walnut Hill), Covert, Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Goben, Hebron, Kern, Otisco, New Market Christian Church, New Market Presbyterian Church (aka Mt. Vernon), Sawmill Road, States, and Webb Farm.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: May 2023 . Census Bureau profile: Oregon Township, Clark County, Indiana . . March 21, 2024.
  2. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  3. Web site: U.S. Census website. United States Census Bureau. 2008-01-31.
  4. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1 . https://archive.today/20200212200302/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18019 . dead . 2020-02-12 . United States Census . 2013-05-10.
  5. Book: Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana . Chicago Printing Company . 1889 . 14.
  6. Book: History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: Precincts of Jefferson County, Ky. General histories of Clark and Floyd counties, Ind. New Albany and Floyd County. Clark County and Jeffersonville. 1882. L. A. Williams & Company. 369.
  7. Web site: Mauk. Lois. Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries. usgennet.org. USGenNet. 7 September 2014.