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Lafayette Township
Lafayette Township
Township
	Location in Allen County, Indiana
	Coordinates: 40°57′45″N 85°17′08″W / 40.96250°N 85.28556°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Allen
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	34.61 sq mi (89.64 km2)
• Land	34.55 sq mi (89.48 km2)
• Water	0.06 sq mi (0.16 km2) 0.18%
Elevation	830 ft (253 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	4,247
• Density	97/sq mi (37.5/km2)
ZIP codes	46777, 46783, 46798, 46799, 46809, 46814
GNIS feature ID	0453530

Lafayette Township is one of twenty townships in Allen County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,354.^[2]

Geography edit

According to the United States Census Bureau, Lafayette Township covers an area of 34.61 square miles (89.64 km²); of this, 34.55 square miles (89.48 km²) is land and 0.062 square miles (0.16 km²), or 0.18 percent, is water.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages edit

Zanesville (north half)

Unincorporated towns edit

Aboite at 41°00′03″N 85°19′05″W / 41.000881°N 85.318029°W / 41.000881; -85.318029
Nine Mile at 40°58′30″N 85°13′30″W / 40.975048°N 85.224972°W / 40.975048; -85.224972

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships edit

Aboite Township (north)
Wayne Township (northeast)
Pleasant Township (east)
Jefferson Township, Wells County (southeast)
Union Township, Wells County (south)
Union Township, Huntington County (southwest)
Jackson Township, Huntington County (west)

Cemeteries edit

The township contains Fogwell Cemetery.

Major highways edit

I-69
I-469 (Ronald Reagan Expressway)
US 24
US 33

Airports and landing strips edit

Fort Wayne International Airport
Wilcox Airstrip

Rivers edit

Little Wabash River

School districts edit

Metropolitan School District of Southwest Allen County

Political districts edit

Indiana's 3rd congressional district
State House District 50
State House District 82
State Senate District 16
State Senate District 17
State Senate District 19

References edit

Citations edit

^ "Census Bureau profile: Lafayette Township, Allen County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Lafayette township, Allen County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2013.