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