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Clay Township
Clay Township
Township
	Former Shell station in Wawpecong
	Location in Miami County
	Coordinates: 40°36′20″N 86°03′02″W / 40.60556°N 86.05056°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Miami
Organized	1846
Named for	Henry Clay
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	23.91 sq mi (61.9 km2)
• Land	23.89 sq mi (61.9 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 0.08%
Elevation	817 ft (249 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	889
• Density	37/sq mi (14/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46901, 46911, 46914, 46970
GNIS feature ID	453214

Clay Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 889 (down from 844 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 354 housing units.

History edit

Clay Township was organized in 1846.^[4] It is named for statesman Henry Clay of Kentucky.^[5]

Geography edit

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 23.91 square miles (61.9 km²), of which 23.89 square miles (61.9 km²) (or 99.92%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.08%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns edit

Loree at 40°38′44″N 86°03′29″W / 40.645596°N 86.0580467°W / 40.645596; -86.0580467
Wawpecong at 40°34′42″N 86°02′32″W / 40.5783728°N 86.0422123°W / 40.5783728; -86.0422123

Cemeteries edit

The township contains Climer Cemetery.

Major highways edit

Indiana State Road 18

School districts edit

Maconaquah School Corporation

Political districts edit

Indiana's 5th congressional district
State House District 32
State Senate District 18

References edit

"Clay Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Clay Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
^ ^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.
^ History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Brant & Fuller. 1887. pp. 278.
^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 118.