Michigan Township is one of fourteen
townships
A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in
Clinton County, Indiana
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 33,190. The county seat is Frankfort.
History
Clinton County officially came into existence on March 1, 1830, and was named in honor of DeWitt Cli ...
. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,585 (down from 1,649 at 2010
) and it contained 673 housing units. The township was named for the
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 sinkh ...
, 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
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Prior to settlement the land was heavily timbered with oak, poplar, walnut, sugar maple, beech, elm, ironwood, dogwood and pawpaw.
Cities and towns
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Michigantown
Unincorporated towns
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Avery
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Boyleston
Adjacent townships
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Warren Township (north)
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Forest Township (northeast)
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Johnson Township (east)
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Kirklin Township (south)
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Jackson Township (southwest)
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Center Township (west)
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Union Township (west)
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Owen Township (northwest)
Major highways
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U.S. Route 421
U.S. Route 421 (also U.S. Highway 421, US 421) is a diagonal northwest–southeast United States Numbered Highway System, United States Numbered Highway in the states of North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The highwa ...
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Indiana State Road 29
Cemeteries
The township contains seven cemeteries: Brandon, Hopewell Cemeteries, Layman, Layton, Old Whiteman, Paris and Whiteman.
References
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
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Townships in Clinton County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
Populated places established in 1831
1831 establishments in Indiana