Van Buren Township is one of eleven
townships
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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 4,208,
[ up from 3,439 at the previous census.]English
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, while 60.7 spoke an "other han SpanishIndo-European language"[ (basically ]Pennsylvania German
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/German
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).
History
Van Buren Township was organized in 1837, and named for president elect Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren ( ; nl, Maarten van Buren; ; December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A primary founder of the Democratic Party (Uni ...
.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.77%) is land and (or 1.23%) 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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