Eden Township, LaGrange County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Eden Township
Township

Coordinates: 41°34′13″N 85°35′35″W / 41.57028°N 85.59306°W / 41.57028; -85.59306
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaGrange
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.95 sq mi (93.1 km)
• Land	35.88 sq mi (92.9 km)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.2 km)
Elevation	919 ft (280 m)
Population
• Total	4,894
• Density	140/sq mi (53/km)
FIPS code	18-20206
GNIS feature ID	453271

Eden Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,894, up from 4,231 at the 2010 census, when it also contained 1,085 housing units. The township has a large Amish and Mennonite population.

According to the 2019 "ACS 5-Year Estimates Data Profiles", 18% of the township's population spoke only English, while 79 spoke an "other Indo-European language" (basically Pennsylvania German/German).

Eden Township was organized in 1832.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.95 square miles (93.1 km), of which 35.88 square miles (92.9 km) (or 99.81%) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km) (or 0.19%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2010	4,231	—
2020	4,894	15.7%
U.S. Decennial Census: 2010 and 2020

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.
^ "Eden township, LaGrange County, Indiana". data.census.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
^ "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. 188.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of LaGrange County, Indiana, United States
County seat: LaGrange
Towns	LaGrange Shipshewana Topeka Wolcottville‡	Map of Indiana highlighting LaGrange County
Townships	Bloomfield Clay Clearspring Eden Greenfield Johnson Lima Milford Newbury Springfield Van Buren
CDPs	Adams Lake Howe Mongo Ontario Scott Shipshewana Lake South Milford Stroh Wall Lake‡
Other communities	Brighton Eddy Elmira Emma Greenfield Mills Honeyville Meadow Shores Park‡ Mount Pisgah Plato Seyberts Star Mill Stony Creek Valentine Woodruff
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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