Official Name: | Olive 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: | 18.15 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 18.08 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.08 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3388 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 169.7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 251 |
Elevation Ft: | 823 |
Coordinates: | 41.5603°N -86.0314°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-56520[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453687 |
Olive Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,068.[4]
Olive Township was organized in 1836.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.61%) is land and (or 0.44%) is water.[4]
The township contains two cemeteries: Pletcher and Shutts.
Olive Township residents are eligible to obtain a library card at the Wakarusa-Olive & Harrison Township Public Library in Wakarusa.[6]