Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana

Owen Township is one of the fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 879 (down from 930 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 346 housing units. The township was named after Robert Dale Owen of New Harmony.^[5]

Owen Township
Township
County Road 600 North at Ellis, once a stop along the now-defunct railroad.
Location of Owen Township in Clinton County
Coordinates: 40°23′25″N 86°30′56″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Clinton
Organized	1843
Named for	Robert Dale Owen
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	24.98 sq mi (64.7 km2)
• Land	24.98 sq mi (64.7 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation [1]	784 ft (239 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	879
• Density	35/sq mi (14/km2)
FIPS code	18-57456[3]
GNIS feature ID	453701

History

Originally included in Jackson Township, Owen was organized as a separate township in March, 1843. It lost a one-mile (1.6 km) strip along its southern border to Union Township which was created in 1889, leaving Owen a five-mile (8 km) by five-mile square. The first settlers in the area were Elihu Short, Samuel Gray, John Temple, and John Miller in 1828.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.98 square miles (64.7 km²), all land.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

• Cambria
• Ellis
• Geetingsville
• Moran
• Sedalia

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

• Democrat Township, Carroll County (north)
• Burlington Township, Carroll County (northeast)
• Warren Township (east)
• Michigan Township (southeast)
• Union Township (south)
• Ross Township (west)

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 26
• Indiana State Road 75
• Indiana State Road 38

Cemeteries

Cemeteries:

• Mount Hope
• Old Chaney

References

• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Owen Township, Clinton County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
5. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp. 32.
6. Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Owen Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.