Fairfield Township, Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Fairfield Township
—  Township  —
Location in Tippecanoe County
Coordinates: 40°25′36″N 86°51′18″W / 40.42667°N 86.855°W / 40.42667; -86.855
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Tippecanoe
Government
- Type	Indiana township
Area
- Total	28.08 sq mi (72.73 km2)
- Land	27.56 sq mi (71.39 km2)
- Water	0.52 sq mi (1.34 km2)  1.84%
Elevation	673 ft (205 m)
Population (2000)
- Total	49,970
- Density	1,813.1/sq mi (700/km2)
ZIP codes	47901, 47904, 47905, 47906, 47909
GNIS feature ID	0453286

Fairfield Township is one of thirteen townships in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 49,970^[1].

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, Fairfield Township covers an area of 28.08 square miles (72.73 square kilometers); of this, 0.52 square miles (1.34 square kilometers) or 1.84 percent is water.

Cities, towns, villages

• Lafayette (north three-quarters)

Extinct towns

• Birmingham
• Eastwitch
• Elston
• Tecumseh

Adjacent townships

• Tippecanoe Township (north)
• Washington Township (northeast)
• Perry Township (east)
• Sheffield Township (southeast)
• Wea Township (south)
• Union Township (southwest)
• Wabash Township (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Resthaven Memorial Park, Saint Boniface, Saint Marys and Springvale.

Major highways

• Interstate 65
• US Route 52
• US Route 231

Airports and landing strips

• Aretz Airport

School districts

• Lafayette School Corporation
• Tippecanoe School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 4th congressional district
• State House District 26
• State House District 27
• State House District 41
• State Senate District 07
• State Senate District 22

References

• United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
• United States National Atlas

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Indiana Township Association page for Tippecanoe County

v • d • e Municipalities and communities of Tippecanoe County, Indiana County seat: Lafayette Cities and towns Battle Ground | Clarks Hill | Dayton | Lafayette | Otterbein‡ | Shadeland | West Lafayette Townships Fairfield | Jackson | Lauramie | Perry | Randolph | Sheffield | Shelby | Tippecanoe | Union | Wabash | Washington | Wayne | Wea Unincorporated communities Americus | Ash Grove | Buck Creek | Colburn | Concord | Monroe | Montmorenci | Odell | Pettit | Romney | Stockwell | Westpoint Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties