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: | LaGrange |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 38.11 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 37.64 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.47 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 4208 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 254 |
Elevation Ft: | 833 |
Coordinates: | 41.7308°N -85.5725°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-78506[2] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453948 |
Van Buren Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,208, up from 3,439 at the previous census.[3]
According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 39.1% of the township's population spoke only English, while 60.7 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).
Van Buren Township was organized in 1837, and named for president elect Martin Van Buren.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.77%) is land and (or 1.23%) is water.[3]