New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana

For the township in Pennsylvania, see New Garden Township, Pennsylvania.

Township in Indiana, United States

New Garden Township

Township

The Levi Coffin House, a historic place in Fountain City

Location in Wayne County

Coordinates: 39°57′38″N 84°55′11″W﻿ / ﻿39.96056°N 84.91972°W﻿ / 39.96056; -84.91972
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Wayne
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 23.4 sq mi (61 km2)
• Land| 23.39 sq mi (60.6 km2)
• Water| 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.09%
Elevation

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| 1,115 ft (340 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total

| 1,949
• Density| 84.5/sq mi (32.6/km2)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
Area code| 765
GNIS feature ID| 453664

New Garden Township is one of fifteen townships in Wayne County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,977 and it contained 794 housing units.[3]

## History

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New Garden Township was organized in 1817.[4] It was named by Quaker settlers after the New Garden Friends meeting house, in Guilford County, North Carolina.[5][6]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.4 square miles (61 km2), of which 23.39 square miles (60.6 km2) (or 99.96%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km2) (or 0.09%) is water.[3] The streams of Berg Brook, Fellow Brook, Fountain Creek, Garden Run, Gray Brook, Grove Creek, Knoll Run, Line Brook, Odd Run, Pole Creek, Quack Creek, Reel Run, Silver Brook, Slow Run, Willow Run, Woods Branch and Youngs Brook run through this township.

### Cities and towns

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* Fountain City

### Adjacent townships

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* Greensfork Township, Randolph County (northeast)
* Franklin Township (east)
* Wayne Township (south)
* Webster Township (southwest)
* Green Township (west)
* Washington Township, Randolph County (northwest)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains two cemeteries: Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Willow Grove.

### Major highways

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* U.S. Route 27

## References

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* U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
* United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: New Garden Township, Wayne County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
3. ^ 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.
4. ^ Young, Andrew White (1872). History of Wayne County, Indiana, from Its First Settlement to the Present Time. R. Clarke & Company. pp. 289.
5. ^ History of Wayne County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Towns, Volume 2. Inter-State Publishing Company. 1884. p. 627.
6. ^ Fox, Henry Clay (1912). Memoirs of Wayne County and the City of Richmond, Indiana: From the Earliest Historical Times Down to the Present. Western Historical Association. p. 86.

## External links

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* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana

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Municipalities and communities of Wayne County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Richmond

City|

* Richmond

Map of Indiana highlighting Wayne County

Towns|

* Boston
* Cambridge City
* Centerville
* Dublin
* East Germantown
* Economy
* Fountain City
* Greens Fork
* Hagerstown
* Milton
* Mount Auburn
* Spring Grove
* Whitewater

Townships|

* Abington
* Boston
* Center
* Clay
* Dalton
* Franklin
* Green
* Harrison
* Jackson
* Jefferson
* New Garden
* Perry
* Washington
* Wayne
* Webster

CDPs|

* Abington
* Webster
* Williamsburg

Other
communities|

* Bethel
* Chester
* Dalton
* Franklin
* Greenwood
* Jacksonburg
* Middleboro
* Pennville
* Pinhook
* Wayne
* West Grove

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