New Garden Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,977 and it contained 794 housing units.[3]
New Garden Township | |
|---|---|
 The Levi Coffin House, a historic place in Fountain City | |
 Location in Wayne County | |
| Coordinates: 39°57′38″N 84°55′11″W / 39.96056°N 84.91972°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Wayne |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.4 sq mi (61 km2) |
| • Land | 23.39 sq mi (60.6 km2) |
| • Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 0.09% |
| Elevation | 1,115 ft (340 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 1,949 |
| • Density | 84.5/sq mi (32.6/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| Area code | 765 |
| GNIS feature ID | 453664 |
History
editNew Garden Township was organized in 1817.[4] It was named by Quaker settlers after the New Garden Friends meeting house, in Guilford County, North Carolina.[5][6]
Geography
editAccording to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.4 square miles (61 km2), of which 23.39 square miles (60.6 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.09%) is water.[3] The streams of Berg Brook, Fellow Brook, Fountain Creek, Garden Run, Gray Brook, Grove Creek, Knoll Run, Line Brook, Odd Run, Pole Creek, Quack Creek, Reel Run, Silver Brook, Slow Run, Willow Run, Woods Branch and Youngs Brook run through this township.
Cities and towns
editAdjacent townships
edit- Greensfork Township, Randolph County (northeast)
- Franklin Township (east)
- Wayne Township (south)
- Webster Township (southwest)
- Green Township (west)
- Washington Township, Randolph County (northwest)
Cemeteries
editThe township contains two cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Willow Grove.
Major highways
editReferences
edit- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 289.
- ^ History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volume 2. Inter-State Publishing Company. 1884. p. 627.
- ^ Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Western Historical Association. p. 86.