| Official Name: | Van Buren Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Daviess |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.86 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.22 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.65 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 2813 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation M: | 150 |
| Elevation Ft: | 492 |
| Coordinates: | 38.7739°N -86.9717°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-78434[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453944 |
Van Buren Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,813 (up from 2,552 at 2010[3]) and it contained 727 housing units.[4]
Van Buren Township was organized in September 1841; the last township to be formed in Daviess County, it was created in response to a petition circulated among residents of parts of Barr and Madison townships, praying to be set off as a separate township. In the first years of settlement, present-day Van Buren Township attracted few pioneers; most individuals in the area were trappers or hunters, and permanent settlement only began in the late 1820s.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 97.93%) is land and (or 2.11%) is water.[3]
The township contains five cemeteries: Evans Memorial Park, Franklin, Kilgore, Liberty and Stoll.