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Clay Township, LaGrange County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

41°39′04″N 85°28′41″W / 41.65111°N 85.47806°W / 41.65111; -85.47806CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyLaGrangeGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total36.2 sq mi (94 km²) • Land36.14 sq mi (93.6 km²) • Water0.05 sq mi (0.1 km²)Elevation

^[1]

919 ft (280 m)Population

(2020)

• Total3,823 • Density110/sq mi (41/km²)FIPS code18-13132^[2]GNIS feature ID453213

Clay Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,823,^[3] up from 3,424 at the previous census.^[4]

According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 24.4% of the township's population spoke only English, while 70.6 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language"^[3] (basically Pennsylvania German/German).

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.2 square miles (94 km²), of which 36.14 square miles (93.6 km²) (or 99.83%) is land and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) (or 0.14%) is water.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	3,424	—
2020	3,823	11.7%
U.S. Censuses: 2010,^[4] and 2020^[3]

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Clay township, LaGrange County, Indiana". data.census.gov. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.