| Official Name: | Lafayette Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Nickname: | Floyds Knobs |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Floyd |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 26.23 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 26.06 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.16 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 8199 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 285.8 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 282 |
| Elevation Ft: | 925 |
| Coordinates: | 38.3603°N -85.8817°W |
| Postal Code: | 47119 |
| Area Code: | 812 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-40734[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453531 |
Lafayette Township is one of five townships in Floyd County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,449 and it contained 2,856 housing units, although it remains one of the two townships in the county without an incorporated community, along with Franklin Township.[4]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.35%) is land and (or 0.61%) is water.[4] State Senate District 46, US Congress District 9, State Representative District 72, Indiana Department of Homeland Security District 9.