Official Name: | Center Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | LaPorte |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 32.96 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.98 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 1.98 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 25274 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 809.4 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 259 |
Elevation Ft: | 850 |
Coordinates: | 41.6397°N -86.7567°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-11494[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 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[4]) and it contained 10,055 housing units.
Center Township (also historically spelled Centre) was established in 1833.[5] It was named from its position near the geographical center of LaPorte County.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 93.99%) is land and (or 6.01%) is water.[4]