Greene Township is one of thirteen townships in St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,909.
Greene Township was established in 1836.
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Greene Township covers an area of ; of this, (99.24 percent) is land and (0.76 percent) is water.
Adjacent townships Warren Township (north) Portage Township (northeast) Centre Township (east) Union Township (southeast) Liberty Township (southwest) Lincoln Township, LaPorte County (west) Olive Township (northwest)
Cemeteries The township contains Sumption Prairie Cemetery. There is another township owned cemetery located on Pine road between Layton and Miller roads.
Major highways
Lakes Catfish Lake Dollar Lake Goodman Lake Kale Lake Sousley Lake
School districts South Bend Community School Corporation - Text list Wilson Elementary School - Generated from this school boundary locator. Residents are divided between Jackson Middle School and Navarro Middle School. - Generated from this school boundary locator. Most areas are zoned to Washington High School while some are zoned to Riley High School. - Generated from this school boundary locator.
Prior to 1930, there were several one room schoolhouses, numbering eight. On March 3, 1930, they consolidated into the Greene Township School. 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. At one point Hay Elementary School took a small portion of the township, - Generated from this school boundary locator. but it closed in 2021.
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. 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.
Political districts Indiana's 2nd congressional district State House District 7 State Senate District 9
References United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS) IndianaMap
External links Indiana Township Association United Township Association of Indiana