Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana

Smithfield Township
—  Township  —
Location of Smithfield Township in DeKalb County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	DeKalb
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	35.04 sq mi (90.74 km2)
• Land	34.93 sq mi (90.48 km2)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.26 km2)
Elevation[1]	935 ft (285 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	1,658
• Density	47.46/sq mi (18.32/km2)
FIPS code	18-70200[2]
GNIS feature ID	453854

Smithfield Township is one of fifteen townships in DeKalb County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,658.

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

Smithfield Township covers an area of 35.04 square miles (90.8 km²); 0.1 square miles (0.26 km²) (0.29 percent) of this is water. Cedar Lake is in this township.

Cities and towns

• Ashley (southeast three-quarters)
• Waterloo (north edge)

Unincorporated towns

• Summit

Adjacent townships

• Steuben Township, Steuben County (north)
• Otsego Township, Steuben County (northeast)
• Franklin Township (east)
• Wilmington Township (southeast)
• Grant Township (south)
• Richland Township (southwest)
• Fairfield Township (west)
• Salem Township, Steuben County (northwest)

Major highways

• Interstate 69
• U.S. Route 6
• Indiana State Road 4
• Indiana State Road 427

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Barkers Chapel and Cedar Lake.

References

• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
• U.S. Board on Geographic Names

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 DeKalb County, Indiana, USA County seat: Auburn Cities Auburn Butler Garrett Towns Altona Ashley‡ Corunna Hamilton‡ Saint Joe Waterloo Townships Butler Concord Fairfield Franklin Grant Jackson Keyser Newville Richland Smithfield Spencer Stafford Troy Union Wilmington Unincorporated communities Artic Auburn Junction Butler Center Cedar Concord Fairfield Center Hopewell Moore New Era Newville Orangeville Saint Johns Sedan Spencerville Stafford Center Summit Taylor Corner Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties