Cleveland Township is one of sixteen
townships
A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries.
Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...
in
Elkhart County, Indiana
Elkhart County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. , the county's population was 207,047. The county seat is Goshen. Elkhart County is part of the Elkhart- Goshen Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in turn is part of the Sout ...
. As of the
2010 census, its population was 11,158.
History
Cleveland Township was established in 1835, and named after
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland ( ), officially the City of Cleveland, is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located in the northeastern part of the state, it is situated along the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the U.S. ...
, perhaps due to that city's nickname - "
The Forest City
The Forest City is a nickname or alternate toponym for the City of Cleveland, Ohio.The inspiration for the name is a reference to Cleveland, describing a highly sophisticated society amid a heavily forested environment in Alexis de Tocqueville's ...
".
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 96.42%) is land and (or 3.58%) is water.
Boot Lake is in this township.
Cities and towns
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Elkhart (west quarter)
Adjacent townships
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Osolo Township (east)
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Concord Township (southeast)
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Baugo Township (south)
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Penn Township, St. Joseph County (southwest)
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Harris Township, St. Joseph County (west)
Major highways
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Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries; Carlton Cemetery and California Road Cemetery.
Education
The township has the Cleveland Branch Library, a branch of the Elkhart Public Library.
References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Elkhart County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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