Official Name: | Owen Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Clinton |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Established Title: | Organized |
Established Date: | 1843 |
Named For: | Robert Dale Owen |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.98 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.98 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 879 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 239 |
Elevation Ft: | 784 |
Coordinates: | 40.3903°N -86.5156°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-57456[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453701 |
Owen Township is one of the fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 879 (down from 930 at 2010[4]) and it contained 346 housing units. The township was named after Robert Dale Owen of New Harmony.[5]
Originally included in Jackson Township, Owen was organized as a separate township in March, 1843. It lost a one-mile (1.6 km) strip along its southern border to Union Township which was created in 1889, leaving Owen a five-mile (8 km) by five-mile square. The first settlers in the area were Elihu Short, Samuel Gray, John Temple, and John Miller in 1828.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
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