Official Name: | Pleasant 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: | 24.75 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.69 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.05 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 3502 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 136.9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 234 |
Elevation Ft: | 768 |
Coordinates: | 41.5814°N -86.6431°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-60408[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453747 |
Pleasant Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,502 (up from 3,380 at 2010[4]) and it contained 1,446 housing units.
Pleasant Township was established in 1834, and named from its scenic landscapes.[5]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.76%) is land and (or 0.20%) is water.[4]