Owen Township is one of the fourteen
townships
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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 879 (down from 930 at 2010
) and it contained 346 housing units. The township was named after
Robert Dale Owen
Robert Dale Owen (7 November 1801 – 24 June 1877) was a Scottish-born Welsh-American social reformer who was active in Indiana politics as member of the Democratic Party in the Indiana House of Representatives (1835–39 and 1851–53) and re ...
of
New Harmony.
History
Originally included in
Jackson Township, Owen was organized as a separate township in March, 1843. It lost a one-mile (1.6 km) strip along its southern border to
Union Township which was created in 1889, leaving Owen a five-mile (8 km) by five-mile square. The first settlers in the area were Elihu Short, Samuel Gray, John Temple, and John Miller in 1828.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , all land.
Unincorporated towns
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Cambria
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Ellis
Ellis is a surname of Welsh and English origin. Retrieved 21 January 2014 An independent French origin of the surname is said to derive from the phrase fleur-de-lis. It has also been noted to be a Jewish surname.
People with the surname include ...
*
Geetingsville
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Moran
Moran may refer to:
Places Antarctica
* Moran Bluff, Marie Byrd Land
* Moran Buttress, Marie Byrd Land
* Moran Glacier, Alexander Island
Asia
* Moran Town, Assam, India
* Moran, Israel, a kibbutz
* Moran Hill, North Korea
* Moran Station, a s ...
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Sedalia
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
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Democrat Township, Carroll County (north)
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Burlington Township, Carroll County (northeast)
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Warren Township (east)
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Michigan Township (southeast)
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Union Township (south)
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Ross Township (west)
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 26
State Road 26 (IN 26 or SR 26) is an east–west discontinuous state road in the central part of the US state of Indiana. The western end of the western segment is at the Illinois border, where it continues as Illino ...
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Indiana State Road 75
State Road 75, the highest two-digit route in the U.S. state of Indiana, consists of two discontinuous north–south segments.
Route description
Southern section
The southern section is about long. It begins at U.S. Route 40 at the ...
*Indiana State Road 38
Cemeteries
Cemeteries:
* Mount Hope
* Old Chaney
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 1843
1843 establishments in Indiana