Official Name: | Elkhart 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: | 35.69 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.04 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.65 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 38388 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1041.2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 245 |
Elevation Ft: | 804 |
Coordinates: | 41.5664°N -85.8281°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-20746[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453275 |
Elkhart Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 36,487.[4]
The Dierdorff Farmstead was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.18%) is land and (or 1.82%) is water.[4]
The township contains seven cemeteries: Cripe, Elkhart Prairie, Hess, Oak Ridge, Sparklin, Studebaker and Violett.
Elkhart Township residents may obtain a library card at the Goshen Public Library in Goshen.[6]