North Township, Lake County, Indiana

North Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°36′40″N 87°28′52″W / 41.61111°N 87.48111°W / 41.61111; -87.48111Coordinates: 41°36′40″N 87°28′52″W / 41.61111°N 87.48111°W / 41.61111; -87.48111
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Lake
Government[1]
• Type	Indiana township
• Body	Township Board
• Member	Richard J. Novak (D)
• Member	Ralph Flores, Jr. (D)
• Member	Pete Auksel (D)
• Trustee	Frank J. Mrvan (D)
Area
• Total	58.87 sq mi (152.5 km2)
• Land	53.17 sq mi (137.7 km2)
• Water	5.7 sq mi (15 km2)
Elevation[2]	591 ft (180 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	162,855
• Density	3,063.1/sq mi (1,182.7/km2)
Time zone	Central (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	Central (UTC-5)
ZIP Codes	46312, 46320-25, 46327, 46394
Area code	219
FIPS code	18-54414[3]
GNIS feature ID	453677

North Township is one of 11 townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 162,855 and it contained 67,828 housing units.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 58.87 square miles (152.5 km²), of which 53.17 square miles (137.7 km²) (or 90.32%) is land and 5.7 square miles (15 km²) (or 9.68%) is water.^[4]

Municipalities

The five municipalities of North Township, which lie totally within its boundaries and their populations as of the 2010 Census, are:

Cites

• East Chicago – 29,698
• Hammond – 80,830
• Whiting – 4,997

Towns

• Highland – 23,727
• Munster – 23,603

References

1. ↑ "2014 Public Officials Directory". Lake County Board of Elections and Voter's Registration. Retrieved 2014-06-10. 
2. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
4. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10. 

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• Official website

Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Indiana, United States County seat: Crown Point Cities Crown Point East Chicago Gary Hammond Hobart Lake Station Whiting Towns Cedar Lake Dyer Griffith Highland Lowell Merrillville Munster New Chicago St. John Schererville Schneider Winfield Townships Calumet Cedar Creek Center Eagle Creek Hanover Hobart North Ross St. John West Creek Winfield CDPs Lake Dalecarlia Lakes of the Four Seasons‡ Shelby Other unincorporated communities Ainsworth Belshaw Brunswick Creston Deep River Deer Creek Dinwiddie Green Acres Hawthorne Hills Klaasville Kreitzburg Lake Hills Leroy Liberty Park Liverpool New Elliott North Hayden Orchard Grove Palmer Range Line Rolling Hill Estates Ross Shady Lawn Southeast Grove Southmoor Park Van Loon Wald View Woodmar Ghost towns Baxter's Addition to Chicago Clarke Edgemoor Forsyth Indiana City (Old) Liverpool Pine (Station) Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties