Eden Township is one of eleven
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
LaGrange County, Indiana
LaGrange County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 40,446. The county seat is LaGrange, Indiana.
The county is located in the Northern Indiana region known as Michiana and is about east of South B ...
. As of the
2020 census, its population was 4,894,
[ up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units.]Amish
The Amish (; pdc, Amisch; german: link=no, Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist Anabaptist Christian church fellowships with Swiss German and Alsatian origins. They are closely related to Mennonite churches ...
and Mennonite
Mennonites are groups of Anabaptist Christian church communities of denominations. The name is derived from the founder of the movement, Menno Simons (1496–1561) of Friesland. Through his writings about Reformed Christianity during the Radic ...
population.
According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
, while 79 spoke an "other han SpanishIndo-European language"[ (basically Pennsylvania German/]German
German(s) may refer to:
* Germany (of or related to)
**Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law
**Ger ...
).
Eden Township was organized in 1832.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.81%) is land and (or 0.19%) is water.
Demographics
References
External links
Indiana Township Association
United Township Association of Indiana
Townships in LaGrange County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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