Lafayette Township is one of five
townships
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Floyd County, Indiana
Floyd County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. Its county seat is New Albany, Indiana, New Albany. The population of the county was 80,484 as of the 2020 United States census. Floyd County has the second- ...
. As of the 2010 census, its population was 7,449 and it contained 2,856 housing units, although it remains one of the two townships in the county without an incorporated community, along with
Franklin Township.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.35%) is land and (or 0.61%) is water.
State Senate District 46, US Congress District 9, State Representative District 72, Indiana Department of Homeland Security District 9.
Unincorporated communities
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Floyds Knobs
Floyds Knobs is a small Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana, United States. Historically a farming community on the outskirts of New Albany, Indiana, New Albany, it has since become a bedroom ...
Adjacent townships
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Carr Township, Clark County (northeast)
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New Albany Township (southeast)
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Georgetown Township (southwest)
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Greenville Township (west)
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Wood Township, Clark County (northwest)
Major highways
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Interstate 64
Interstate 64 (I-64) is an east–west Interstate Highway in the Eastern United States. Its western terminus is at Interstate 70, I-70, U.S. Route 40 (US 40), and U.S. Route 61, US 61 in Wentzville, Missouri. Its eastern ter ...
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U.S. Route 150
U.S. Route 150 (US 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest–southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois, to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Vernon, Kentucky.
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References
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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
External links
Indiana Township Association
United Township Association of Indiana
Townships in Floyd County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana
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