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: | Shelby |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 27.91 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 27.9 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1452 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 53 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 255 |
Elevation Ft: | 837 |
Coordinates: | 39.6619°N -85.7919°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-78578[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453952 |
Van Buren Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,480 and it contained 622 housing units.[4]
The township was named for Martin Van Buren, the eighth President of the United States.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.96%) is land and (or 0.04%) is water.[4]