Official Name: | Cleveland Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Elkhart |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 16.47 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 15.88 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.59 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 12858 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 702.6 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 235 |
Elevation Ft: | 771 |
Coordinates: | 41.7225°N -86.0314°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-13528[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453225 |
Cleveland Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,158.[4]
Cleveland Township was established in 1835, and named after Cleveland, Ohio, perhaps due to that city's nickname - "The Forest City".[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 96.42%) is land and (or 3.58%) is water.[4] Boot Lake is in this township.
The township contains two cemeteries; Carlton Cemetery and California Road Cemetery.[6]
The township has the Cleveland Branch Library, a branch of the Elkhart Public Library.[7]