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Hanover Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 12,443 and it contained 4,861 housing units.[4]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890985—
19001,18520.3%
19101,029−13.2%
1920955−7.2%
19301,07412.5%
19401,78366.0%
19503,28684.3%
19605,51367.8%
19706,51518.2%
19807,1019.0%
19907,3653.7%
20008,69218.0%
201012,44343.2%
202018,21446.4%
Source: US Decennial Census[5]

Hanover Township was established in 1853.[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.67 square miles (76.8 km2), of which 28.77 square miles (74.5 km2) (or 96.97%) is land and 0.91 square miles (2.4 km2) (or 3.07%) is water.[4]

Education

Hanover Township is served by the Hanover Community School Corporation which includes Hanover Central Junior-Senior High School.

Notable places

The Shrine of Christ's Passion, opened in 2008, in the town of St. John, is within the township.

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Hanover Township, Lake County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  6. ^ Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 105.

External links


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanover_Township,_Lake_County,_Indiana