Monroe Township, Putnam County, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Monroe Township

| settlement_type = Township

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| image_skyline = File:Putnam - Monroe.jpg

| imagesize = 290px

| image_caption = Intersection of U.S. 231 and U.S. 36 in Monroe Township

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| image_map = Map highlighting Monroe Township, Putnam County, Indiana.svg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Indiana

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Putnam

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| government_type = Indiana township

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| area_total_sq_mi = 34.57

| area_land_sq_mi = 34.57

| area_water_sq_mi = 0

| population_as_of = 2020

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| population_total = 1494

| population_density_sq_mi = auto

| timezone = Eastern (EST)

| utc_offset = -5

| timezone_DST = EDT

| utc_offset_DST = -4

| elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=2007-10-25}}

| elevation_m = 275

| elevation_ft = 902

| coordinates = {{coord|39|43|20|N|86|50|33|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

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| area_code = 765

| blank_name = FIPS code

| blank_info = 18-50454{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}

| blank1_name = GNIS feature ID

| blank1_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453646 453646]

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Monroe Township is one of thirteen townships in Putnam County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,494 (down from 1,569 at 2010{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18133

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212204434/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18133

|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

}}) and it contained 634 housing units.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Monroe_township,_Putnam_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1813350454 |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=data.census.gov}}