Harris Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana

Harris Township
—  Township  —
Location in St. Joseph County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	St. Joseph
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	21.12 sq mi (54.69 km2)
• Land	21.12 sq mi (54.69 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation	797 ft (243 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	19,873
• Density	941/sq mi (363.4/km2)
ZIP codes	46530, 46545, 46561
GNIS feature ID	0453376[1]

Harris Township is one of thirteen townships in St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 19,873.^[2]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Cities, towns, villages 1.2 CDPs 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Major highways 1.5 Airports and landing strips 2 School districts 3 Political districts 4 References 5 External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Harris Township covers an area of 21.12 square miles (54.7 km²).

Cities, towns, villages

• Mishawaka (partial)

CDPs

• CDP of Granger, Indiana (partial)

Cemeteries

The township contains Harris Prairie Cemetery.

Major highways

• Interstate 80
• Interstate 90
• Indiana State Road 23

Airports and landing strips

• Cam-Air Airport
• Foos Field

School districts

• Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 2nd congressional district
• State House District 48
• State House District 8
• State Senate District 11

References

• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• IndianaMap

1. ^ "Harris Township". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453376. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
2. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

	Milton Township, Cass County, Michigan		Ontwa Township, Cass County, Michigan
	Clay Township		Cleveland Township, Elkhart County
		Harris Township
		Penn Township

Municipalities and communities of St. Joseph County, Indiana, USA County seat: South Bend Cities Mishawaka South Bend Towns Indian Village Lakeville New Carlisle North Liberty Osceola Roseland Walkerton Townships Centre Clay German Greene Harris Liberty Lincoln Madison Olive Penn Portage Union Warren CDPs Georgetown Granger Gulivoire Park Notre Dame Unincorporated communities Ardmore Chain-O-Lakes Colburn Crest Manor Addition Crumstown Gilmer Park Hamilton Hi-View Addition Hubbard Lydick Maple Lane Miami Trails Addition Nutwood Olive Orchard Heights Addition Pleasant Valley Terre Coupee Westfield Woodland Wyatt Zeigler