Greene 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 3,040.[4]
Greene Township | |
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![]() Location in St. Joseph County | |
Coordinates: 41°37′31″N 86°20′00″W / 41.62528°N 86.33333°W | |
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State | ![]() |
County | St. Joseph |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 34.57 sq mi (89.54 km2) |
• Land | 34.31 sq mi (88.86 km2) |
• Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.68 km2) 0.76% |
Elevation | 735 ft (224 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,909 |
• Density | 88.6/sq mi (34.2/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 46554, 46614, 46619 |
Area code | 574 |
GNIS feature ID | 452852 |
Greene Township was established in 1836.[5]
Geography
editAccording to the United States Census Bureau, Greene Township covers an area of 34.57 square miles (89.5 km2); of this, 34.31 square miles (88.9 km2) (99.24 percent) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (0.76 percent) is water.
Adjacent townships
edit- Warren Township (north)
- Portage Township (northeast)
- Centre Township (east)
- Union Township (southeast)
- Liberty Township (southwest)
- Lincoln Township, LaPorte County (west)
- Olive Township (northwest)
Cemeteries
editThe township contains Sumption Prairie Cemetery. There is another township owned cemetery located on Pine road between Layton and Miller roads.
Major highways
editLakes
edit- Catfish Lake
- Dollar Lake
- Goodman Lake
- Kale Lake
- Sousley Lake
School districts
edit- South Bend Community School Corporation
- Wilson Elementary School[6]
- Residents are divided between Jackson Middle School and Navarro Middle School.[7]
- Most areas are zoned to Washington High School while some are zoned to Riley High School.[8]
Prior to 1930, there were several one room schoolhouses, numbering eight. On March 3, 1930, they consolidated into the Greene Township School.[9] The original section became the western wing, as a grade 1-12 school. It had an enrollment exceeding 600 in the 1950s. It ended high school classes due to a lower number of students. By 2018 it became known as the Greene Intermediate Center and was operated by the South Bend school district. In 2018, when it closed, its enrollment was 181, with some of the students living in South Bend, and it was the district's final school in the township.[10] At one point Hay Elementary School took a small portion of the township,[11] but it closed in 2021.[12]
In 2018 residents of Greene Township began plans to join the John Glenn School Corporation and leave the South Bend corporation, partly because they had a negative view of the South Bend district and partly because the Greene Intermediate Center, the district's final school in the township, closed in 2018, with the parents anticipating a reopening under new management.[13] At first the South Bend district did not approve of the plan, but in 2022 began talks on how to let Greene Township move to John Glenn.[14]
Political districts
edit- Indiana's 2nd congressional district
- State House District 7
- State Senate District 9
References
edit- United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- IndianaMap
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Greene Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
- ^ "Greene 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.
- ^ Howard, Timothy Edward (1907). A History of St. Joseph County, Indiana. Lewis publishing Company. p. 276.
- ^ "Elementary school map 2021" (PDF). South Bend Community School Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022. - Generated from this school boundary locator.
- ^ "Middle school map 2021" (PDF). South Bend Community School Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022. - Generated from this school boundary locator.
- ^ "High school map 2021" (PDF). South Bend Community School Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022. - Generated from this school boundary locator.
- ^ "Home". Greene Intermediate Center. Archived from the original on March 17, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2022.
- ^ Fosmoe, Margaret; Semmler, Ed (June 2, 2018). "Decades-old South Bend school prepares to close its doors forever". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ "Elementary school map 2020" (PDF). South Bend Community School Corporation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2022. - Generated from this school boundary locator.
- ^ Beatty, Brooklyne (February 23, 2021). "South Bend School Board votes to close Tarkington, Hay Elementary Schools". 9.53 MNC. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Bauer, Caleb (July 11, 2018). "Greene Township residents serious about leaving South Bend schools". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
- ^ Lanich, Carley (February 8, 2022). "South Bend may finally allow John Glenn schools to take Greene Township. Here's why". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved February 25, 2022.