Kirklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,219 (down from 1,380 at 2010[4]) and it contained 544 housing units.
Kirklin Township | |
|---|---|
 Location of Kirklin Township in Clinton County | |
| Coordinates: 40°12′58″N 86°22′38″W / 40.21611°N 86.37722°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Clinton |
| Organized | 1837 |
| Named for | Nathan Kirk, settler |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
• Total | 35.06 sq mi (90.8 km2) |
| • Land | 35.06 sq mi (90.8 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,219 |
| • Density | 35/sq mi (13/km2) |
| FIPS code | 18-39960[3] |
| GNIS feature ID | 453527 |
History
editThe township was organized in 1837 from a piece of Jackson Township and named for Nathan Kirk, a local pioneer and the first settler in the eastern half of the county. Arriving in 1826, Kirk erected a log cabin in section 34 on the eastern side of what was known as Twelve Mile Prairie and remained the only white resident of the area that would become Kirklin Township until 1829, when Thaddeus Panburn and Daniel Hunter came and entered his employ.
Sugar Creek Township was set off from a piece of Kirklin Township in 1841. The Monon Railroad, arriving in 1883, was the first rail line to pass through the township and led to the founding of the town of Cyclone.[5]
Geography
editAccording to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.06 square miles (90.8 km2), all land.[4]
Cities and towns
editAdjacent townships
edit- Michigan Township (north)
- Johnson Township (northeast)
- Sugar Creek Township (east)
- Marion Township, Boone County (southeast)
- Clinton Township, Boone County (southwest)
- Jackson Township (west)
- Center Township (northwest)
Major highways
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Cemeteries
editThe township contains six cemeteries: Bogan, Dew, Earp, Kings Corner, McIntire, Oak Hill and Stowers.
References
edit- "Kirklin Township, Clinton 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.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Kirklin Township, Clinton County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). "Kirklin Township". History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company.
