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Lima Township
Township
Shops in the center of Howe, one of the township's villages
Coordinates: 41°43′48″N 85°25′32″W / 41.73000°N 85.42556°W / 41.73000; -85.42556
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaGrange
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	25.1 sq mi (65 km)
• Land	24.45 sq mi (63.3 km)
• Water	0.65 sq mi (1.7 km)
Elevation	879 ft (268 m)
Population
• Total	2,383
• Density	102.5/sq mi (39.6/km)
FIPS code	18-43722
GNIS feature ID	453569

Lima Township is one of eleven townships in LaGrange County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,383 (down from 2,507 at 2010) and it contained 1,014 housing units.

History

Lima Township was established in 1832.

John Badlam Howe Mansion, St. James Memorial Chapel, Star Milling and Electric Company Historic District, and Samuel P. Williams House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25.1 square miles (65 km), of which 24.45 square miles (63.3 km) (or 97.41%) is land and 0.65 square miles (1.7 km) (or 2.59%) is water.

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. "Census Bureau profile: Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 2, 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. Counties of LaGrange and Noble, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. 1882. p. 140.
6. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

v t e Places adjacent to Lima Township, LaGrange County, Indiana
Sturgis Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan Fawn River Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan Van Buren Township Lima Township Greenfield Township Clay Township Bloomfield Township

v t e Municipalities and communities of LaGrange County, Indiana, United States
County seat: LaGrange
Towns	LaGrange Shipshewana Topeka Wolcottville‡
Townships	Bloomfield Clay Clearspring Eden Greenfield Johnson Lima Milford Newbury Springfield Van Buren
CDPs	Adams Lake Howe Mongo Ontario Scott Shipshewana Lake South Milford Stroh Wall Lake‡
Other communities	Brighton Eddy Elmira Emma Greenfield Mills Honeyville Meadow Shores Park‡ Mount Pisgah Plato Seyberts Star Mill Stony Creek Valentine Woodruff
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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