Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°54′21″N 86°45′30″W / 39.90583°N 86.75833°W / 39.90583; -86.75833Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyMontgomeryGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total36.31 sq mi (94.0 km²) • Land36.29 sq mi (94.0 km²) • Water0.02 sq mi (0.05 km²) 0.06%Elevation

^[1]

879 ft (268 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,841 • Density51/sq mi (20/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

46172, 47954, 47968

Area code765GNIS feature ID453202

Clark Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,841 (representing no change from 2010^[3]) and it contained 766 housing units.^[2]

Clark Township was founded in 1830.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.31 square miles (94.0 km²), of which 36.29 square miles (94.0 km²) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.06%) is water.^[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Ladoga

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Harshbarger, Hicks, Inlow, Mount Pleasant, Stoner and Wesley.

Major highways

U.S. Route 136

Lakes

Morrison Lake

Education

South Montgomery Community School Corporation

Clark Township residents are served by the Ladoga-Clark Township Public Library.^[5]

Political districts

Indiana's 4th congressional district
State House District 28
State Senate District 23

References

"Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Census Bureau profile: Clark Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 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.
^ Beckwith, Hiram Williams; Kennedy, P. S. (1881). History of Montgomery County, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley. H. H. Hill and N. Iddings. pp. 443.
^ "Indiana public library directory" (PDF). Indiana State Library. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2018.