Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°31′09″N 87°15′54″W / 40.51917°N 87.26500°W / 40.51917; -87.26500CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBentonOrganizedJuly 1840Government

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total35.53 sq mi (92.0 km²) • Land35.51 sq mi (92.0 km²) • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²)Elevation

^[1]

748 ft (228 m)Population

(2020)

• Total1,551 • Density43.6/sq mi (16.8/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (EST) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)FIPS code18-55620^[2]GNIS feature ID453681

Oak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,551 and it contained 690 housing units.^[3] It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840.^[4] It takes its name from White Oak Grove which grew southwest of Oxford.^[5]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,495	—
1900	1,675	12.0%
1910	1,603	−4.3%
1920	1,522	−5.1%
1930	1,430	−6.0%
1940	1,220	−14.7%
1950	1,410	15.6%
1960	1,621	15.0%
1970	1,629	0.5%
1980	1,810	11.1%
1990	1,641	−9.3%
2000	1,694	3.2%
2010	1,581	−6.7%
2020	1,551	−1.9%
Source: US Decennial Census^[6]

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of 35.53 square miles (92.0 km²), of which 35.51 square miles (92.0 km²) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.06%) is water.^[3]

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Justus and Oxford.

References

Citations

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Explore Census Data". US Census Bureau. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc. p. 20.
^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Benton County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".