Van Buren Township, Daviess County, Indiana

Van Buren Township is one of ten townships in Daviess County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,813 (up from 2,552 at 2010 ) and it contained 727 housing units.

History
Van Buren Township was organized in September 1841; the last township to be formed in Daviess County, it was created in response to a petition circulated among residents of parts of Barr and Madison townships, praying to be set off as a separate township. In the first years of settlement, present-day Van Buren Township attracted few pioneers; most individuals in the area were trappers or hunters, and permanent settlement only began in the late 1820s.

Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.86 sqmi, of which 30.22 sqmi (or 97.93%) is land and 0.65 sqmi (or 2.11%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

 * Raglesville

Adjacent townships

 * Madison Township (north)
 * Perry Township, Martin County (east)
 * Barr Township (south)
 * Bogard Township (west)
 * Elmore Township (northwest)

Cemeteries
The township contains five cemeteries: Evans Memorial Park, Franklin, Kilgore, Liberty and Stoll.