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Center Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°38′23″N 86°45′24″W / 41.63972°N 86.75667°W / 41.63972; -86.75667
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaPorte
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	32.96 sq mi (85.4 km)
• Land	30.98 sq mi (80.2 km)
• Water	1.98 sq mi (5.1 km)
Elevation	850 ft (259 m)
Population
• Total	25,274
• Density	809.4/sq mi (312.5/km)
FIPS code	18-11494
GNIS feature ID	453185

Center Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,274 (up from 25,075 at 2010) and it contained 10,055 housing units.

History

Center Township (also historically spelled Centre) was established in 1833. It was named from its position near the geographical center of LaPorte County.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 32.96 square miles (85.4 km), of which 30.98 square miles (80.2 km) (or 93.99%) is land and 1.98 square miles (5.1 km) (or 6.01%) is water.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Center Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
5. History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp. 615.
6. Daniels, E. D. (1904). A twentieth century history and biographical record of La Porte County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Co. p. 34.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
County seat: La Porte
Cities	La Porte Michigan City
Towns	Kingsbury Kingsford Heights LaCrosse Long Beach Michiana Shores Pottawattamie Park Trail Creek Wanatah Westville
Townships	Cass Center Clinton Coolspring Dewey Galena Hanna Hudson Johnson Kankakee Lincoln Michigan New Durham Noble Pleasant Prairie Scipio Springfield Union Washington Wills
CDPs	Fish Lake Hanna Hudson Lake Rolling Prairie Saugany Lake South Center Stillwell Union Mills
Other communities	Alida Beattys Corner Birchim Byron Crumstown‡ Door Village Duneland Beach Haskell Hesston Holmesville Kankakee Lake Park Mill Creek Oakwood Otis Pinhook Pinola Riverside Salem Heights Smith South Wanatah Springfield Springville Summit Tee Lake Thomaston Tracy Union Center Waterford Wellsboro Wilders
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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