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Springfield Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°43′10″N 86°45′39″W / 41.71944°N 86.76083°W / 41.71944; -86.76083
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaPorte
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	33.41 sq mi (86.5 km)
• Land	33.29 sq mi (86.2 km)
• Water	0.12 sq mi (0.3 km)
Elevation	666 ft (203 m)
Population
• Total	3,770
• Density	121.5/sq mi (46.9/km)
FIPS code	18-72170
GNIS feature ID	453867

Springfield Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,770 (down from 4,045 at 2010) and it contained 1,574 housing units.

Springfield Township was established in 1835.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 33.41 square miles (86.5 km), of which 33.29 square miles (86.2 km) (or 99.64%) is land and 0.12 square miles (0.31 km) (or 0.36%) is water.

Communities in the township include the incorporated town of Michiana Shores and the unincorporated community of Springville.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Springfield 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. 859.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Places adjacent to Springfield Township, LaPorte County, Indiana
New Buffalo Township, Berrien County, Michigan Michigan Township Springfield Township Galena Township Coolspring Township Center Township Kankakee Township

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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