View source for Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, Indiana

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| official_name      = Sugar Ridge Township
| settlement_type    = [[Township (United States)|Township]]
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Clay County, Indiana|Clay]]
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| government_type    = [[Indiana Township Trustee|Indiana township]]
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 28.21
| area_land_sq_mi    = 27.72
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.5
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| population_total   = 914
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| elevation_m        = 177
| elevation_ft       = 581
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'''Sugar Ridge Township''' is one of eleven [[Township (United States)|townships]] in [[Clay County, Indiana]]. As of the 2020 census, its population was 914 (down from 939 at 2010<ref name="census">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18021
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212195735/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18021
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2020-02-12
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1
|publisher=United States Census
|accessdate=2013-05-10
}}</ref>) and it contained 438 housing units.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Sugar_Ridge_township,_Clay_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1802173988 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
==History==
Sugar Ridge Township organized in 1854. It was named from a high ridge passing through its central portion.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ | title=Counties of Clay and Owen, Indiana: Historical and Biographical | publisher=F.A. Battey & Company | author=Blanchard, Charles | year=1884 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_1VLWAAAAMAAJ/page/n78 83]–84}}</ref>
The [[Aqueduct Bridge (Indiana)|Aqueduct Bridge]], [[Feeder Dam Bridge]], and [[Jeffers Bridge]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|28.21|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|27.72|sqmi}} (or 98.26%) is land and {{convert|0.5|sqmi}} (or 1.77%) is water.<ref name="census"/> Dietz Lake is in this township.
===Cities and towns===
* [[Center Point, Indiana|Center Point]]
===Unincorporated towns===
* [[Ashboro, Indiana|Ashboro]]
* [[Saline City, Indiana|Saline City]]
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
===Adjacent townships===
* [[Jackson Township, Clay County, Indiana|Jackson Township]] (north)
* [[Washington Township, Clay County, Indiana|Washington Township]] (east)
* [[Marion Township, Owen County, Indiana|Marion Township, Owen County]] (southeast)
* [[Harrison Township, Clay County, Indiana|Harrison Township]] (south)
* [[Perry Township, Clay County, Indiana|Perry Township]] (west)
* [[Posey Township, Clay County, Indiana|Posey Township]] (northwest)
===Major highways===
* [[Image:Indiana 46.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 46]]
* [[Image:Indiana 59.svg|25px]] [[Indiana State Road 59]]
===Cemeteries===
The township contains three cemeteries: Gremes, Harris and Moss.
==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513095013/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]
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==External links==
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* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
* [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
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[[Category:Townships in Clay County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Terre Haute metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Townships in Indiana]]
[[Category:1854 establishments in Indiana]]