Official Name: | Aboite Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Allen |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 33.35 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 33.33 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.03 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.09 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 42082 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1073.2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 259 |
Elevation Ft: | 850 |
Coordinates: | 41.0522°N -85.2853°W |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 46783, 46804, 46809, 46814, 46818 |
Area Code: | 260 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453072 |
Aboite Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 35,765,[3] up from 28,338 in 2000.[4]
Aboite Township was named from the Aboite Creek, which is derived from the French word for "minnow".[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.09%) is water.[3]
Fort Wayne incorporated approximately 12sqmi of Aboite territory effective January 1, 2006.[6]
The township contains these two cemeteries: Covington Memorial Gardens and Oak Grove.