St. John Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66,741 and it contained 25,691 housing units.
History St. John Township was established in 1848. It was named for John Hack, the first German settler.
Geography According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.57%) is land and (or 0.43%) is water.
The township includes the towns of Dyer, Schererville and St. John as well as the unincorporated areas of these towns.
Zip codes in the township include 46307, 46311, 46319, 46373, and 46375. The State House districts are IN-11 and IN-15, and the State Senate districts are IN-1, IN-6, and a small portion of IN-2.
City Crown Point (small portion)
Towns Dyer Griffith (small portion) Schererville (vast majority) St. John (vast majority)
Other Communities Briar Ridge New Elliott
Demographics The racial makeup of the township is 82.1% non-Hispanic White, 11.3% Hispanic, 2.73% African American, 2.23% Asian, 0.58% from other races, and 1.13% from two or more races. The percentages of Hispanic and African American residents are, respectively, 5.4 and 22.6 percent lower than Lake County as a whole.
Native-born citizens make up 91.9% of the population. Naturalized citizens are 5.3% of the population, while 1.9% are not citizens. The top ten countries of birth for foreign-born residents are Mexico, India, Croatia, Poland, Serbia, Greece, Macedonia, Philippines, Germany, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The most common self-reported ancestries are: German (23.1%), Polish (17%), Irish (15.9%), Mexican (8.72%), Unclassified/Unreported (8.5%), Italian (8.1%), English (7.3%), Dutch (5.6%), American (4.7%), and Serbian (2.8%).
Education Lake Central School Corporation is the school district covering the township. - Text list
Hyles–Anderson College is in the township.
References
External links Indiana Township Association United Township Association of Indiana Official website