Clearspring Township, LaGrange County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

41°34′09″N 85°28′58″W / 41.56917°N 85.48278°W / 41.56917; -85.48278CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyLaGrangeGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total35.98 sq mi (93.2 km²) • Land35.65 sq mi (92.3 km²) • Water0.33 sq mi (0.9 km²)Elevation

^[1]

925 ft (282 m)Population

(2020)

• Total4,662 • Density130/sq mi (50/km²)FIPS code18-13456^[2]GNIS feature ID453224

Clearspring Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,662,^[3] up from 4,181 at the previous census.^[4]

According to the 2020 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 38.9% of the township's population spoke only English, while 60.2 spoke an "other [than Spanish] Indo-European language"^[3] (basically Pennsylvania German/German).

Clearspring Township was founded in 1837.^[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.98 square miles (93.2 km²), of which 35.65 square miles (92.3 km²) (or 99.08%) is land and 0.33 square miles (0.85 km²) (or 0.92%) is water.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	4,181	—
2020	4,662	11.5%
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 "Clearspring 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.
^ Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. 1882. p. 214.