Saint Joseph Township is one of twenty

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Allen County, Indiana Allen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 385,410, making it the third-most populous county in Indiana. The county seat and largest city is Fort Wayne, the second largest city in Indiana ...

, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 72,245.

History

The Martin Blume Jr. Farm was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2006.

Geography

St. Joseph Township covers an area of ; , or 0.11 percent, of this is water. The mostly suburban township includes portions of the cities of Fort Wayne (Indiana's second largest city) and New Haven. The St. Joseph River flows through the western part of the township.

Cities and towns

* Fort Wayne (northeast portion) *

New Haven New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...

(north edge)

Adjacent townships

The township is adjacent to these Indiana townships: * Adams (south) * Cedar Creek (northeast) *

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

(east) *

Perry Perry, also known as pear cider, is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears, traditionally the perry pear. It has been common for centuries in England, particularly in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. It is also mad ...

(northwest) *

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(west) * Wayne (southwest)

Education

St. Joseph Township is the home of

Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

(IPFW). With an enrollment of 14,192, it is the fifth-largest

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campus in Indiana. The township is also home to the Northeast Indiana regional campus of

Ivy Tech Community College Ivy Tech Community College (Ivy Tech) is a public community college system in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the state's public community college system and it has more than 40 locations. It is also the state's largest public postsecondary in ...

, the second-largest public

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campus in the state. St. Joseph Township's private colleges and universities includes

Concordia Theological Seminary The Concordia Theological Seminary is a Lutheran seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It offers professional, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees affiliated with training clergy and deaconesses for the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). His ...

(

Lutheran Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism, identifying primarily with the theology of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German monk and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the Cathol ...

). The township is also home to two high schools: R. Nelson Snider High School, a large public school operated by Fort Wayne Community Schools, and

Blackhawk Christian School Blackhawk Christian School, established in 1973 in northeastern Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, is a private K-12 Christian school with an enrollment of approximately 950 students PK-12 and is operated by Blackhawk Ministries. The school's mott ...

, a private K–12 school operated by Blackhawk Ministries.

Libraries

St. Joseph Township residents are served by the

Allen County Public Library The Allen County Public Library (ACPL) is a public library system located in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1895 as the Fort Wayne Public Library, the library served residents with 3,606 books out of a single room ...

's Georgetown Branch.

Transportation

Public transportation in St. Joseph Township is provided by the Fort Wayne Public Transportation Corporation's ''Citilink'' and ''Campuslink'' bus systems.

Major highways

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Recreation

The City of Fort Wayne operates Shoaff Park in the township, a park located on the banks of the St. Joseph River. The park offers hiking, boating, public golf course, a disk golf course, tennis courts, basketball courts, soccer fields, and a playground with splashpad.

Climate

References

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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

U.S. Board on Geographic Names

External links

* {{authority control Townships in Allen County, Indiana Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area Townships in Indiana