View source for Perry Township, Allen County, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Perry Township
|settlement_type          = [[Civil township|Township]]
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|image_skyline            = Fisher West Farmhouse.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = Fisher West Farmhouse, a historic site in the township
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|image_map                = Map highlighting Perry Township, Allen County, Indiana.svg
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|map_caption              = Location in Allen County, Indiana
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = {{flag|Indiana}}
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Allen County, Indiana|Allen]]
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|government_type          = [[Indiana Township Trustee|Indiana township]]
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|area_total_km2           = 92.27
|area_land_km2            = 91.99
|area_water_km2           = 0.28
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|area_water_percent       = 0.30
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census">{{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Perry Township, Allen County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Perry_township,_Allen_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1800358950 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref>
|population_total         = 37592
|population_density_km2   = 317.0
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|elevation_m              = 262
|elevation_ft             = 860
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|postal_code              = 46706, 46748, 46765, 46818, 46845
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|blank_name               = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank_info               = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453715 0453715]
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'''Perry Township''' is one of twenty [[Civil township|townships]] in [[Allen County, Indiana|Allen County]], [[Indiana]], United States. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], its population was 29,158,<ref name="Census 2010">{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US1800358950| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212142405/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US1800358950| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Perry township, Allen County, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 26, 2013}}</ref> up from 18,170 in 2000.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_PL/G001/0600000US1800358950| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212083729/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_PL/G001/0600000US1800358950| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: Census 2000 Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (G001): Perry township, Allen County, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=March 26, 2013}}</ref>
==History==
The [[Dutch Ridge Historic District]] and [[Fisher West Farm]] are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>  The [[Irene Byron Tuberculosis Sanatorium|Irene Byron Tuberculosis Sanatorium-Physician Residences]] were listed between 2004 and 2013.
==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Perry Township covers an area of {{convert|92.27|sqkm|disp=flip}}; of this, {{convert|91.99|sqkm|disp=flip}} is land and {{convert|0.28|sqkm|disp=flip}}, or 0.30 percent, is water.<ref name="Census 2010"/>
===Cities, towns, villages===
* [[Fort Wayne, Indiana|Fort Wayne]] (north edge)
* [[Huntertown, Indiana|Huntertown]] (northeast three-quarters)
===Unincorporated towns===
* Cedar Canyons at {{coord|41.232827|-85.089137|scale:10000|display=inline}}
* [[Royville, Indiana|Royville]] at {{coord|41.199771|-85.133027|scale:10000|display=inline}}
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
===Adjacent townships===
* [[Butler Township, DeKalb County, Indiana|Butler Township, DeKalb County]] (north)
* [[Jackson Township, DeKalb County, Indiana|Jackson Township, DeKalb County]] (northeast)
* [[Cedar Creek Township, Allen County, Indiana|Cedar Creek Township]] (east)
* [[St. Joseph Township, Allen County, Indiana|St. Joseph Township]] (southeast)
* [[Washington Township, Allen County, Indiana|Washington Township]] (southwest)
* [[Eel River Township, Allen County, Indiana|Eel River Township]] (west)
* [[Swan Township, Noble County, Indiana|Swan Township, Noble County]] (northwest)
===Cemeteries===
The township contains Huntertown Cemetery.
===Major highways===
* {{Jct|state=IN|I|69}}
* {{Jct|state=IN|I|469}}
* {{Jct|state=IN|SR|1}}
* {{Jct|state=IN|SR|3}}
===Airports and landing strips===
* Exner Airport
==School districts==
* Northwest Allen County Schools
==Political districts==
* [[Indiana's 3rd congressional district]]
* State House District 85
* State Senate District 14
* State Senate District 15
==References==
===Citations===
{{Reflist}}
===References===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605223247/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.indianamap.org/ IndianaMap]
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{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Perry Township
|East=[[Cedar Creek Township, Allen County, Indiana|Cedar Creek Township]]
|West=[[Eel River Township, Allen County, Indiana|Eel River Township]]
|Southeast=[[St. Joseph Township, Allen County, Indiana|St. Joseph Township]]
|Southwest=[[Washington Township, Allen County, Indiana|Washington Township]]
|Northwest=[[Swan Township, Noble County, Indiana|Swan Township, Noble County]]
|North=[[Butler Township, DeKalb County, Indiana|Butler Township, DeKalb County]]
|Northeast=[[Jackson Township, DeKalb County, Indiana|Jackson Township, DeKalb County]]
}}
{{Allen County, Indiana}}
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[[Category:Townships in Allen County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area]]
[[Category:Townships in Indiana]]