German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana

German Township
German Township
Township
	Location in St. Joseph County
	Coordinates: 41°43′51″N 86°19′01″W / 41.73083°N 86.31694°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	St. Joseph
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	16.96 sq mi (43.92 km2)
• Land	16.89 sq mi (43.73 km2)
• Water	0.07 sq mi (0.19 km2) 0.43%
Elevation	794 ft (242 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	10,001
• Density	504.3/sq mi (194.8/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	46628
Area code	574
GNIS feature ID	453327

German Township is one of thirteen townships in St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.^[3] As of the 2000 census, its population was 8,518.^[4]

History

The Wertz-Bestle Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.^[5]

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, German Township covers an area of 16.96 square miles (43.9 km²); of this, 16.89 square miles (43.7 km²) (99.57 percent) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km²) (0.43 percent) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

South Bend (partial)

Adjacent townships

Niles Township, Berrien County, Michigan (north)
Clay Township (east)
Portage Township (southeast)
Warren Township (southwest)
Bertrand Township, Berrien County, Michigan (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains Highland Cemetery.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips

McClures Airport
South Bend International Airport (fmr. Michiana Regional Airport, vast majority)

School districts

South Bend Community School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 2nd congressional district
State House District 7
State House District 8
State Senate District 10
State Senate District 11
State Senate District 8

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
^ "Census Bureau profile: German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
^ "German Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
^ "U.S. Census website". Retrieved July 7, 2009.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

External links

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.

[2020_Census-2] "Census Bureau profile: German Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.

[3] "German Township". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved July 7, 2009.

[4] "U.S. Census website". Retrieved July 7, 2009.

[nris-5] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States
County seat: South Bend
Cities	Mishawaka South Bend	Map of Indiana highlighting St. Joseph County
Towns	Indian Village Lakeville New Carlisle North Liberty Osceola Roseland Walkerton
Townships	Centre Clay German Greene Harris Liberty Lincoln Madison Olive Penn Portage Union Warren
CDPs	Ardmore Chain-O-Lakes Gilmer Park Granger Notre Dame Wyatt
Other communities	Colburn Crumstown‡ Dreamwold Heights Georgetown Gulivoire Park Hamilton Lydick Maple Lane Nutwood Olive Plainfield Pleasant Valley State Line Tamarack Grange Terre Coupee Westfield Woodland Zeigler
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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