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Aboite Township
Township
Vermilyea Inn, a historic hotel in the township
Location in Allen County, Indiana
Coordinates: 41°03′08″N 85°17′07″W / 41.05222°N 85.28528°W / 41.05222; -85.28528
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Allen
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	33.35 sq mi (86.4 km)
• Land	33.33 sq mi (86.3 km)
• Water	0.03 sq mi (0.08 km)  0.09%
Elevation	850 ft (259 m)
Population
• Total	42,082
• Density	1,073.2/sq mi (414.4/km)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	46783, 46804, 46809, 46814, 46818
Area code	260
GNIS feature ID	453072
Website	www.aboitetwp.com

Aboite Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 35,765, up from 28,338 in 2000.

History

Aboite Township was named from the Aboite Creek, which is derived from the French word for "minnow".

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 33.35 square miles (86.4 km), of which 33.33 square miles (86.3 km) (or 99.94%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.078 km) (or 0.09%) is water.

Cities and towns

• Fort Wayne (western portion)

Fort Wayne incorporated approximately 12 square miles (31 km) of Aboite territory effective January 1, 2006.

Unincorporated towns

• Dunfee (partial) at 41°05′08″N 85°20′11″W / 41.0856020°N 85.3363587°W / 41.0856020; -85.3363587
• Ellison at 41°01′40″N 85°15′21″W / 41.027826°N 85.255806°W / 41.027826; -85.255806
• Ellisville at 41°01′05″N 85°17′03″W / 41.018103°N 85.28414°W / 41.018103; -85.28414
• Timbercrest at 41°01′02″N 85°18′54″W / 41.01727°N 85.314974°W / 41.01727; -85.314974

Fort Wayne neighborhoods

• Brierwood Hills at 41°03′19″N 85°14′03″W / 41.055326°N 85.234139°W / 41.055326; -85.234139
• Covington Dells at 41°04′10″N 85°13′59″W / 41.069492°N 85.233028°W / 41.069492; -85.233028
• Forest Ridge at 41°01′19″N 85°16′24″W / 41.021992°N 85.273306°W / 41.021992; -85.273306
• Liberty Hills at 41°02′00″N 85°15′59″W / 41.033381°N 85.266362°W / 41.033381; -85.266362
• Manor Woods at 41°01′31″N 85°15′44″W / 41.025326°N 85.262195°W / 41.025326; -85.262195
• Parkway Hills at 41°01′42″N 85°15′52″W / 41.028381°N 85.264417°W / 41.028381; -85.264417
• Rolling Hills at 41°01′38″N 85°16′05″W / 41.02727°N 85.268029°W / 41.02727; -85.268029
• Westlakes at 41°02′31″N 85°15′57″W / 41.0420450°N 85.2659413°W / 41.0420450; -85.2659413
• Westlawn at 41°04′49″N 85°13′39″W / 41.080326°N 85.227473°W / 41.080326; -85.227473

Adjacent townships

• Lake Township (north)
• Washington Township (northeast)
• Wayne Township (east)
• Lafayette Township (south)
• Jackson Township, Huntington County (southwest)
• Jefferson Township, Whitley County (west)
• Union Township, Whitley County (northwest)

Major highways

• I-69
• US 24
• US 33
• SR 14

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Covington Memorial Gardens and Oak Grove.

Airports and landing strips

• Dennis Airport

School districts

• Metropolitan School District of Southwest Allen County

Political districts

• Indiana's 3rd congressional district
• State House District 82
• State House District 83
• State Senate District 16

References

Citations

1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Archived from the original on November 18, 2015. Retrieved June 11, 2014.
2. "Google Maps".
3. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. "Census Bureau profile: Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
5. ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Aboite township, Allen County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
6. United States Census Bureau U.S. Census website
7. Griswold, Bert Joseph; Taylor, Mrs. Samuel R. (1917). The Pictorial History of Fort Wayne, Indiana: A Review of Two Centuries of Occupation of the Region about the Head of the Maumee River. Robert O. Law Company. p. 687.
8. "City of Fort Wayne - Southwest Extended Annexation".

Sources

• "Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

External links

• Official website

v t e Places adjacent to Aboite Township, Allen County, Indiana
Union Township, Whitley County Lake Township Washington Township Jefferson Township, Whitley County Aboite Township Wayne Township Jackson Township, Huntington County Lafayette Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of Allen County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Fort Wayne
Cities	Fort Wayne New Haven Woodburn
Towns	Grabill Huntertown Leo-Cedarville Monroeville Zanesville‡
Townships	Aboite Adams Cedar Creek Eel River Jackson Jefferson Lafayette Lake Madison Marion Maumee Milan Monroe Perry Pleasant Saint Joseph Scipio Springfield Washington Wayne
CDPs	Arcola Harlan Hessen Cassel Hoagland Lake Everett Maples
Other communities	Aboite Academie Ari‡ Cuba Dixon‡ Dunfee‡ East Liberty Edgerton Ellisville Five Points Hursh Milan Center Nine Mile Poe Royville Tillman Townley Yoder Zulu
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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