Official Name: | Michigan Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | LaPorte |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 27.43 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 17.91 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 9.52 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 27517 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 1536.3 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 186 |
Elevation Ft: | 610 |
Coordinates: | 41.7258°N -86.8758°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-48780[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453621 |
Michigan Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,517 (slightly down from 27,522 at 2010[4]) and it contained 13,431 housing units.
Michigan Township was organized in 1833, and named from Lake Michigan, which forms its northwestern border.[5]
The George and Adele Jaworowski House (1945-1946) was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 65.29%) is land and (or 34.71%) is water.[4]