Locke Township, Elkhart County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
41°28′48″N 86°01′52″W / 41.48000°N 86.03111°W / 41.48000; -86.03111[1]
(2020)[2]
Locke Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,913.[4]
History
Locke Township was organized in the 1840s.[5] It was named for Samuel Lockwood, a pioneer settler and native of Vermont.[6]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 17.78 square miles (46.0 km2), all land.[4]
Cities and towns
- Nappanee (northwest quarter)
Unincorporated towns
- Locke
Adjacent townships
- Olive Township (north)
- Harrison Township (northeast)
- Union Township (east)
- Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County (southeast)
- Scott Township, Kosciusko County (south)
- German Township, Marshall County (southwest)
- Madison Township, St. Joseph County (northwest)
Major highways
References
- "Locke Township, Elkhart County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Locke Township, Elkhart County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
- ^ Deahl, Anthony (1905). A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of Elkhart County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. pp. 124.
- ^ History of Elkhart County, Indiana. Chas. C. Chapman Co. 1881. pp. 1041.
External links
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Municipalities and communities of Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Goshen
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communities
‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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