Washington Township is one of twenty
townships
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in
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 List of counties in Indiana, third-most populous county in Indiana. The county seat and largest city is Fort Wayne, Indiana, ...
, United States. As of the
2010 census, its population was 36,092.
Geography
Washington Township covers an area of ; , or 0.20 percent of this is water.
Cities and towns
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Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 at the 2020 United S ...
(northwest quarter)
Unincorporated towns
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Academie
Adjacent townships
The township is adjacent to these Indiana townships:
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Aboite (southwest)
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Eel River (northwest)
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Lake
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(west)
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Perry
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(northeast)
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St. Joseph
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(east)
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Wayne (south)
Major highways
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Airports
* Smith Field
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Bethel, Hatfield, and Saint Pauls.
References
Citations
Sources
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary filesU.S. Board on Geographic Names
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Townships in Allen County, Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Townships in Indiana