[3] The township includes the southern portion of Brown County State Park.

It is named for Martin Van Buren, eighth President of the United States.

[9] The Thomas A. Hendricks House and Stone Head Road Marker at Stone Head was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

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

The township contains eleven cemeteries: Beck' Grove, Bellsville, Cain, Christiansburg, Elkinsville, McKinney, Moffitt, Mt.