Eden 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 ...
. 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
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and Mennonite
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population.
According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English, while 79 spoke an "other han SpanishIndo-European language"[ (basically Pennsylvania German/]German
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* Germany, the country of the Germans and German things
**Germania (Roman era)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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).
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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