Official Name: | Ross 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: | 1830 |
Named For: | John Ross, settler |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 29.58 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 29.58 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 2823 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 225 |
Elevation Ft: | 738 |
Coordinates: | 40.3958°N -86.6131°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-66078[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453813 |
Ross Township is one of 14 townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,823 (down from 2,898 at 2010[4]) and it contained 1,146 housing units.The township was named for John Ross, a pioneer settler and associate county judge.[5]
Ross was one of Clinton County's original townships created on May 15, 1830. Solomon Miller—who arrived in March 1828—was its first settler. According to a 1913 county history, a considerable number of the township's early settlers were Pennsylvania Germans and Dunkards.[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.)
The township contains four cemeteries: Hiner, Kuhns, Latshaw and Pleasant View.