Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
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| Oak Grove Township | |
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| Coordinates: 40°31′09″N 87°15′54″W / 40.51917°N 87.265°WCoordinates: 40°31′09″N 87°15′54″W / 40.51917°N 87.265°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Benton |
| Organized | July 1840 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
| • Total | 35.54 sq mi (92.04 km2) |
| • Land | 35.51 sq mi (91.98 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.06 km2) |
| Elevation[1] | 748 ft (228 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 1,694 |
| • Density | 47.7/sq mi (18.42/km2) |
| Time zone | EST (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| FIPS code | 18-55620[2] |
| GNIS feature ID | 453681 |
Oak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,694. It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840.[3] It takes its name from White Oak Grove which grew southwest of Oxford.[4]
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[edit] Geography
Oak Grove Township covers an area of 35.54 square miles (92.0 km2); 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (0.06 percent) of this is water.
[edit] Cities and towns
[edit] Unincorporated towns
- Fargo (extinct)
[edit] Adjacent townships
- Bolivar (east)
- Center (north)
- Grant (west)
- Pine (northeast)
- Adams Township, Warren County (southeast)
- Pine Township, Warren County (southwest)
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[edit] Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Justus and Oxford.
[edit] References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
- ^ Birch, Jesse Setlington (1942) [1928]. History of Benton County and Historic Oxford. Oxford, Indiana: Craw & Craw, Inc.. pp. 20.
- ^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1876). "Benton County". Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana. Chicago: Baskin, Forster & Company.
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