Wills Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Wills Township
Wills Township
Township
	Coordinates: 41°39′N 86°33′W / 41.650°N 86.550°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	LaPorte
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	29.8 sq mi (77 km2)
• Land	29.28 sq mi (75.8 km2)
• Water	0.52 sq mi (1.3 km2)
Elevation	758 ft (231 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	2,098
• Density	72.1/sq mi (27.8/km2)
FIPS code	18-84554
GNIS feature ID	454060

Wills Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,098 (down from 2,110 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 833 housing units.

History

Wills Township was established in 1834.^[5] It was named for John Wills, a pioneer settler.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.8 square miles (77 km²), of which 29.28 square miles (75.8 km²) (or 98.26%) is land and 0.52 square miles (1.3 km²) (or 1.74%) is water.^[4]

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Wills Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ History of La Porte County, Indiana: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages, and Townships. C. C. Chapman & Co. 1880. pp. 884.
^ Daniels, E. D. (1904). A twentieth century history and biographical record of La Porte County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Co. p. 35.

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[GR3-1] "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[2020_Census-2] "Census Bureau profile: Wills Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[GR2-3] "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.

[census-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. 884.

[6] Daniels, E. D. (1904). A twentieth century history and biographical record of La Porte County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Co. p. 35.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of LaPorte County, Indiana, United States
County seat: La Porte
Cities	La Porte Michigan City	Map of Indiana highlighting LaPorte County
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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