title: Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
text: # Baugo Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
  
  Baugo Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,431.
  
  ## History
  
  Baugo Township was named from the Baugo Creek, which is derived from the Indian name Baubaugo, meaning "devil river".
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 15.01 square miles (38.9 $km^2),$ of which 14.69 square miles (38.0 $km^2)$ (or 97.87%) is land and 0.32 square miles (0.83 $km^2)$ (or 2.13%) is water.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Elkhart (southwest edge)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Cleveland Township (north)
  * Concord Township (east)
  * Harrison Township (southeast)
  * Olive Township (south)
  * Penn Township, St. Joseph County (west)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * US 20
  * SR 19
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains three cemeteries: Noffsinger, Osceola and Saint Vincent Depaul.
  
  