Van Buren Township
Township
Location of Van Buren Township in Daviess County
Coordinates: 38°46′26″N 86°58′18″W / 38.77389°N 86.97167°W / 38.77389; -86.97167
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Daviess
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	30.86 sq mi (79.9 km2)
• Land	30.22 sq mi (78.3 km2)
• Water	0.65 sq mi (1.7 km2)
Elevation [1]	492 ft (150 m)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,552
• Density	84.5/sq mi (32.6/km2)
FIPS code	18-78434[2]
GNIS feature ID	453944

Van Buren Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,552 and it contained 657 housing units.^[3] The population grew 30% since the 2000 census, when the population was 1,960.

History

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.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.86 square miles (79.9 km²), of which 30.22 square miles (78.3 km²) (or 97.93%) is land and 0.65 square miles (1.7 km²) (or 2.11%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns

• Raglesville

Adjacent townships

• Madison Township (north)
• Perry Township, Martin County (east)
• Barr Township (south)
• Bogard Township (west)
• Elmore Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains five cemeteries: Evans Memorial Park, Franklin, Kilgore, Liberty and Stoll.