[4] Cleveland Township was established in 1835, and named after Cleveland, Ohio, perhaps due to that city's nickname - "The Forest City".

[5] According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 16.47 square miles (42.7 km2), of which 15.88 square miles (41.1 km2) (or 96.42%) is land and 0.59 square miles (1.5 km2) (or 3.58%) is water.

[4] Boot Lake is in this township.

[6] The township has the Cleveland Branch Library, a branch of the Elkhart Public Library.

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