Laporte Township, Pennsylvania

Laporte Township, Pennsylvania
Township
Laporte Township, Pennsylvania
Map of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania highlighting Laporte Township
Map of Pennsylvania highlighting Sullivan County
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Sullivan
Settled	1830
Incorporated	1850
Area
• Total	54.14 sq mi (140.23 km2)
• Land	53.98 sq mi (139.80 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	349
• Estimate (2016)	342
• Density	6.34/sq mi (2.45/km2)
Time zone	Eastern (EST)
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC)
FIPS code	42-113-41520

Laporte Township is a township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 349 at the 2000 census. Note that Laporte Township surrounds the borough of Laporte.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 53.7 square miles (139 km²), of which, 53.5 square miles (139 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) of it (0.34%) is water.

Laporte Township is bordered by Cherry Township to the north, Colley Township to the east, Davidson Township to the south, Shrewsbury Township to the west and Forks Township to the northwest.

As of the census of 2000, there were 373 people, 152 households, and 115 families residing in the township. The population density was 7.0 people per square mile (2.7/km²). There were 453 housing units at an average density of 8.5/sq mi (3.3/km²). The racial makeup of the township was 97.05% White, 2.14% Native American, and 0.80% from two or more races.

There were 152 households out of which 25.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.4% were married couples living together, 5.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.3% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.84.