Clinton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

41°34′05″N 85°42′29″W / 41.56806°N 85.70806°W / 41.56806; -85.70806CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyElkhartGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total35.78 sq mi (92.7 km²) • Land35.73 sq mi (92.5 km²) • Water0.06 sq mi (0.2 km²)Elevation

^[1]

915 ft (279 m)Population

(2020)

• Total4,870 • Density140/sq mi (53/km²)FIPS code18-13726^[2]GNIS feature ID453231

Clinton Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,870,^[3] up from 4,624 at the previous census.^[4]

According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 41.4% of the township's population spoke only English, while 57.2 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language"^[3] (basically Pennsylvania German/German).

History

Clinton Township was named for the son of a pioneer settler.^[5]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	4,624	—
2020	4,870	5.3%
U.S. Censuses: 2010,^[4] and 2020^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.78 square miles (92.7 km²), of which 35.73 square miles (92.5 km²) (or 99.86%) is land and 0.06 square miles (0.16 km²) (or 0.17%) is water.^[4] Fish Lake is in this township.

Cities and towns

Millersburg (north three-quarters)

Adjacent townships

Middlebury Township (north)
Newbury Township, LaGrange County (northeast)
Eden Township, LaGrange County (east)
Perry Township, Noble County (southeast)
Benton Township (south)
Jackson Township (southwest)
Elkhart Township (west)
Jefferson Township (northwest)

Major highways

SR 4
SR 13

Cemeteries

The township contains at least six cemeteries: Clinton Brick Mennonite, Clinton Union, Nisley, Rock Run, Thomas, and Woodlawn ^[6]

References

"Clinton Township, Elkhart County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "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 ^c "Clinton township, Elkhart County, Indiana". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ History of Elkhart County, Indiana. Chas. C. Chapman Co. 1881. pp. 692.
^ Cemeteries of Elkhart County, Indiana, Vol I 1990, p. 2, 94-180