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Plain Township
Township
The John Pound Store in Oswego
Coordinates: 41°17′59″N 85°49′38″W / 41.29972°N 85.82722°W / 41.29972; -85.82722
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Kosciusko
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.9 sq mi (93 km)
• Land	33.93 sq mi (87.9 km)
• Water	1.97 sq mi (5.1 km)
Elevation	840 ft (256 m)
Population
• Total	8,819
• Density	226.9/sq mi (87.6/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
FIPS code	18-60228
GNIS feature ID	453743

Plain Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,819 (up from 7,698 at 2010) and it contained 4,129 housing units.

History

The Robert Orr Polygonal Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.9 square miles (93 km), of which 33.93 square miles (87.9 km) (or 94.51%) is land and 1.97 square miles (5.1 km) (or 5.49%) is water.

Cities and towns

• Leesburg
• Warsaw (north side)

Unincorporated towns

• Bell Rohr Park at 41°19′54″N 85°46′52″W / 41.3317128°N 85.7811007°W / 41.3317128; -85.7811007
• Highlands Park at 41°16′24″N 85°47′09″W / 41.2733784°N 85.7858226°W / 41.2733784; -85.7858226
• Island Park at 41°17′13″N 85°48′01″W / 41.2869897°N 85.8002677°W / 41.2869897; -85.8002677
• Monoquet at 41°17′22″N 85°51′42″W / 41.2894896°N 85.8616588°W / 41.2894896; -85.8616588
• Osborn Landing at 41°16′52″N 85°47′49″W / 41.2811563°N 85.7969341°W / 41.2811563; -85.7969341
• Oswego at 41°19′13″N 85°47′14″W / 41.3203237°N 85.7872119°W / 41.3203237; -85.7872119
• Stoneburner Landing at 41°17′06″N 85°46′36″W / 41.2850453°N 85.7766558°W / 41.2850453; -85.7766558
• Stony Ridge at 41°19′38″N 85°46′37″W / 41.3272683°N 85.7769338°W / 41.3272683; -85.7769338

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Notable residents

• Chris Schenkel, former Sportscaster for ABC Sports. Resided in Leesburg.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Plain Township, Kosciusko County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "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.
5. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
6. "Chris Schenkel".

External links

v t e Municipalities and communities of Kosciusko County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Warsaw
Cities	Nappanee‡ Warsaw
Towns	Burket Claypool Etna Green Leesburg Mentone Milford North Webster Pierceton Sidney Silver Lake Syracuse Winona Lake
Townships	Clay Etna Franklin Harrison Jackson Jefferson Lake Monroe Plain Prairie Scott Seward Tippecanoe Turkey Creek Van Buren Washington Wayne
CDPs	Barbee Beaver Dam Enchanted Hills Hoffman Lake Mineral Springs Oswego Palestine Wooster
Other communities	Atwood Bayfield Bell Rohr Park Buttermilk Point Cedar Point Clunette Forest Glen Gravelton‡ Hastings Highbanks Highlands Park Island Park Kanata Manayunk Kinsey Lakeside Park Lakeview Spring Milford Junction Monoquet Oakwood Park Packerton Pickwick Park Potawatomi Park Redmon Park Sevastopol Shady Banks South Park Stony Ridge Vawter Park Wawasee Wawasee Village
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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