Lafayette Township, Floyd County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Lafayette Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Lafayette Township in Floyd County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Floyd
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government_type = Indiana township
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area_total_km2 = 67.67
area_land_km2 = 67.61
area_water_km2 = 0.06
area_total_sq_mi = 26.13
area_land_sq_mi = 26.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.02

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 6,378
population_density_km2 = 94.34
population_density_sq_mi = 244.33

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 282
elevation_ft = 925
latd = 38
latm = 21
lats = 37
latNS = N
longd = 85
longm = 52
longs = 54
longEW = W

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blank_info = 18-40734GR|2
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Lafayette Township is one of five townships in Floyd County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 6,378.

Geography

Lafayette Township covers an area of 26.13 square miles; 0.02 square miles (0.08 percent) of this is water.

Unincorporated towns

* Floyds Knobs
* Saint Marys
* Scottsville

Adjacent townships

* Carr Township, Clark County (northeast)
* New Albany Township (southeast)
* Georgetown Township (southwest)
* Greenville Township (west)
* Wood Township, Clark County (northwest)

Major highways

* Interstate 64
* U.S. Route 150

References

* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]

External links

* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/counties/Floyd.htm Indiana Township Association page for Floyd County]