Harrison Township, Elkhart County, Indiana

Harrison Township
—  Township  —
Location of Harrison Township in Elkhart County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Elkhart
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.71 sq mi (92.5 km2)
• Land	35.69 sq mi (92.42 km2)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km2)
Elevation[1]	807 ft (246 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	2,885
• Density	80.85/sq mi (31.21/km2)
FIPS code	18-31774[2]
GNIS feature ID	453385

Harrison Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 2,885.

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

Harrison Township covers an area of 35.71 square miles (92.5 km²); 0.03 square miles (0.078 km²) (0.08 percent) of this is water. Yellow Creek Lake is in this township.

Cities and towns

• Goshen (west edge)
• Wakarusa (east quarter)

Unincorporated towns

• Southwest

Adjacent townships

• Concord Township (north)
• Elkhart Township (east)
• Jackson Township (southeast)
• Union Township (south)
• Locke Township (southwest)
• Olive Township (west)
• Baugo Township (northwest)

Major highways

• SR 19
• SR 119

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Hoke, Inbody, Miller, Stutsman, Wenger and Yellow Creek.

References

• "Harrison 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:453385. 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