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Morgan Township
Township
Location in Owen County
Coordinates: 39°21′52″N 86°53′15″W / 39.36444°N 86.88750°W / 39.36444; -86.88750
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Owen
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	29.65 sq mi (76.8 km)
• Land	29.57 sq mi (76.6 km)
• Water	0.08 sq mi (0.2 km)  0.27%
Elevation	774 ft (236 m)
Population
• Total	1,148
• Density	39/sq mi (15/km)
ZIP codes	47460, 47833, 47868
GNIS feature ID	453654

Morgan Township is one of thirteen townships in Owen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,148 (down from 1,237 at 2010) and it contained 593 housing units.

History

Morgan Township was founded in the 1820s.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.65 square miles (76.8 km), of which 29.57 square miles (76.6 km) (or 99.73%) is land and 0.08 square miles (0.21 km) (or 0.27%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

• Atkinsonville at 39°22′40″N 86°52′24″W / 39.377822°N 86.873342°W / 39.377822; -86.873342
• Beamer at 39°22′00″N 86°56′15″W / 39.366710°N 86.937511°W / 39.366710; -86.937511
• Jordan at 39°23′54″N 86°55′00″W / 39.398377°N 86.916677°W / 39.398377; -86.916677

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these three cemeteries: Olive Hill, Pleasant Grove and Spears.

Major highways

• Indiana State Road 46

Lakes

• Greybrook Lake

School districts

• Spencer-Owen Community Schools

Political districts

• State House District 46
• State Senate District 37
• State Senate District 39

References

• "Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 23, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau 2009 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. ^ "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.
2. "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
3. Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 784.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• City-Data.com page for Morgan Township

v t e Places adjacent to Morgan Township, Owen County, Indiana
Jackson Township Jennings Township Washington Township, Clay County Morgan Township Montgomery Township Marion Township Lafayette Township Washington Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of Owen County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Spencer
Towns	Gosport Spencer
Townships	Clay Franklin Harrison Jackson Jefferson Jennings Lafayette Marion Montgomery Morgan Taylor Washington Wayne
CDPs	Coal City Patricksburg
Other communities	Adel Alaska‡ Arney Atkinsonville Beamer Braysville Carp Cataract Cuba Cunot Daggett Denmark Devore Farmers Freedom Freeman Hancock Corner Hickory Corner Hubbell Jordan Lewisville‡ Marion Mills New Hope Pottersville Quincy Romona Silex Smithville Southport Stockton Vandalia Vilas Whitehall
Ghost town	Wallace Junction
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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