| Alvarado, Indiana | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
An old brick house in Alvarado | |
  Alvarado  Alvarado | |
| Coordinates: 41°34′24″N84°50′12″W / 41.57333°N 84.83667°W Coordinates: 41°34′24″N84°50′12″W / 41.57333°N 84.83667°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Steuben |
| Township | Richland |
| Elevation [1] | 961 ft (293 m) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 46742 |
| Area code(s) | 260 |
| GNIS feature ID | 430126 |
Alvarado is an unincorporated community in Richland Township, Steuben County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. [2]
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.
Richland Township is one of twelve townships in Steuben County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 570 and it contained 187 housing units, making it the smallest township in the county.
Steuben County is a county located in the northeast corner of the U.S. state of Indiana. The county was named after Baron von Steuben, a Prussian military officer who helped train the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
