- Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana
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Oak Grove Township — Township — Location of Oak Grove Township in Benton County
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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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.
Cities and towns
Unincorporated towns
- Fargo (extinct)
Adjacent townships
- Bolivar (east)
- Center (north)
- Grant (west)
- Pine (northeast)
- Adams Township, Warren County (southeast)
- Pine Township, Warren County (southwest)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Justus and Oxford.
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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Municipalities and communities of Benton County, Indiana Towns 
Townships Bolivar | Center | Gilboa | Grant | Hickory Grove | Oak Grove | Parish Grove | Pine | Richland | Union | York
Unincorporated
communitiesAtkinson | Barce | Chase | Dunn | Dunnington | Free | Freeland Park | Handy | Lochiel | Raub | Swanington | Talbot | Templeton | Wadena
Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
Categories:- Townships in Benton County, Indiana
- Lafayette, Indiana metropolitan area
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