Michigan Township, Clinton County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Michigan Township is one of fourteen townships
in Clinton County, Indiana
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 1,684. The township was named for the Michigan Road
, an early thoroughfare through the area.
Township (United States)
A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....
in Clinton County, Indiana
Clinton County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,866 people, 12,545 households, and 9,057 families residing in the county. The population density was 84 people per square mile . There were 13,267 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 1,684. The township was named for the Michigan Road
Michigan Road
The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in Indiana. Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts...
, an early thoroughfare through the area.
History
Mahlon Shinn and Robert Edwards were the township's first white settlers, arriving in 1830 and followed the same year by many more. The township was organized in March 1831.Geography
Michigan Township covers an area of 35.84 square miles (92.8 km²). Prior to settlement the land was heavily timbered with oak, poplar, walnut, sugar maple, beech, elm, ironwood, dogwood and pawpaw.Adjacent townships
- Warren TownshipWarren Township, Clinton County, IndianaWarren Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 634.-History:Originally part of Jackson Township, Warren was made a separate township in 1834. The first settler in the area was A. F...
(north) - Forest TownshipForest Township, Clinton County, IndianaForest Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 843. The township was named for the large amount of timber it contained at the time it was organized.-History:...
(northeast) - Johnson TownshipJohnson Township, Clinton County, IndianaJohnson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 624. The township was named for Richard M...
(east) - Kirklin TownshipKirklin Township, Clinton County, IndianaKirklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,370.-History:The township was organized in 1837 from a piece of Jackson Township and named for Nathan Kirk, a local pioneer and the first settler in the eastern half of the county...
(south) - Jackson TownshipJackson Township, Clinton County, IndianaJackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,218. The township was named for President Andrew Jackson.-History:...
(southwest) - Center TownshipCenter Township, Clinton County, IndianaCenter Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 17,505.-History:Center Township was created in 1872 from the northern part of Jackson Township; the northern part of Center was later split off to create Union Township in 1889...
(west) - Union TownshipUnion Township, Clinton County, IndianaUnion Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,019. The township's name refers to its creation from the northern part of Center Township and the southern part of Owen.-History:...
(west) - Owen TownshipOwen Township, Clinton County, IndianaOwen Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 923. The township was named for Robert Dale Owen of New Harmony.-History:...
(northwest)
Major highways
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U.S. Route 421U.S. Route 421U.S. Route 421 is a spur route of U.S. 21. It runs for from Michigan City, Indiana, at U.S. 20, to Fort Fisher in North Carolina. The highway goes through the cities of Indianapolis, Indiana, Lexington, Kentucky, Boone, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina and... -
Indiana State Road 29Indiana State Road 29-Route description:The southern terminus of State Road 29 is at U.S. Route 421 and State Road 28 just south of the small town of Boyleston. Going north, it passes through Michigantown in Clinton County, then along the eastern border of Carroll County where it passes through Burlington. Its...