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New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
LaPorte

GNIS feature ID
  
453663

Population
  
8,664 (2010)

State
  
Indiana

FIPS code
  
18-52830

Elevation
  
253 m

Local time
  
Saturday 3:26 AM

New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Weather
  
5°C, Wind NW at 8 km/h, 93% Humidity

Area
  
93.4 km² (93.14 km² Land / 26 ha Water)

University
  
Purdue University North Central

New Durham Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,664 and it contained 2,396 housing units.

Contents

Map of New Durham Township, IN, USA

History

An early settler being a native of Durham, New York, caused the name to be selected.

The Pinhook Methodist Church and Cemetery was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.06 square miles (93.4 km2), of which 35.96 square miles (93.1 km2) (or 99.72%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km2) (or 0.28%) is water.

References

New Durham Township, LaPorte County, Indiana Wikipedia