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Coolspring Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°39′17″N 86°52′23″W / 41.65472°N 86.87306°W / 41.65472; -86.87306
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaPorte
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.1 sq mi (93 km)
• Land	35.97 sq mi (93.2 km)
• Water	0.14 sq mi (0.4 km)
Elevation	653 ft (199 m)
Population
• Total	15,684
• Density	409.2/sq mi (158.0/km)
FIPS code	18-15040
GNIS feature ID	453247

Coolspring Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 15,684 (up from 14,718 at 2010) and it contained 7,302 housing units.

Coolspring Township was established in 1836.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.1 square miles (93 km), of which 35.97 square miles (93.2 km) (or 99.64%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km) (or 0.39%) is water.

The headwaters of the Little Calumet River is located within Coolspring Township, at Red Mill County Park.

The unincorporated town of Waterford is located within the township.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Coolspring Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
3. "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
5. History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp. 680.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Municipalities and communities of LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
County seat: La Porte
Cities	La Porte Michigan City
Towns	Kingsbury Kingsford Heights LaCrosse Long Beach Michiana Shores Pottawattamie Park Trail Creek Wanatah Westville
Townships	Cass Center Clinton Coolspring Dewey Galena Hanna Hudson Johnson Kankakee Lincoln Michigan New Durham Noble Pleasant Prairie Scipio Springfield Union Washington Wills
CDPs	Fish Lake Hanna Hudson Lake Rolling Prairie Saugany Lake South Center Stillwell Union Mills
Other communities	Alida Beattys Corner Birchim Byron Crumstown‡ Door Village Duneland Beach Haskell Hesston Holmesville Kankakee Lake Park Mill Creek Oakwood Otis Pinhook Pinola Riverside Salem Heights Smith South Wanatah Springfield Springville Summit Tee Lake Thomaston Tracy Union Center Waterford Wellsboro Wilders
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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