Elkhart Township, Elkhart County, Indiana

Elkhart Township
—  Township  —
Location of Elkhart Township in Elkhart County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Elkhart
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.63 sq mi (92.29 km2)
• Land	35.24 sq mi (91.27 km2)
• Water	0.39 sq mi (1.02 km2)
Elevation[1]	804 ft (245 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	33,986
• Density	964.43/sq mi (372.37/km2)
FIPS code	18-20746[2]
GNIS feature ID	453275

Elkhart Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 33,986.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities and towns 1.2 Unincorporated towns 1.3 Adjacent townships 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Cemeteries 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Cities and towns

• Goshen (vast majority)

Unincorporated towns

• Waterford Mills

Adjacent townships

• Jefferson Township (north)
• Middlebury Township (northeast)
• Clinton Township (east)
• Benton Township (southeast)
• Jackson Township (south)
• Union Township (southwest)
• Harrison Township (west)
• Concord Township (northwest)

Major highways

• US 33
• SR 4
• SR 15
• SR 119

Cemeteries

The township contains seven cemeteries: Cripe, Elkhart Prairie, Hess, Oak Ridge, Sparklin, Studebaker and Violett.

References

• "Elkhart Township, Elkhart County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453275. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

Municipalities and communities of Elkhart County, Indiana, USA County seat: Goshen Cities Elkhart Goshen Nappanee‡ Towns Bristol Middlebury Millersburg Wakarusa Townships Baugo Benton Cleveland Clinton Concord Elkhart Harrison Jackson Jefferson Locke Middlebury Olive Osolo Union Washington York CDPs Dunlap New Paris Simonton Lake Unincorporated communities Bainter Town Benton Bonneyville Mills Foraker Garden Village Jamestown Locke Midway Nibbyville Southwest Vistula Waterford Mills Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties