Jackson Township, Cass County, Indiana
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|subdivision_name2 = Cass
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|area_total_km2 = 77.84
|area_land_km2 = 77.79
|area_water_km2 = 0.05
|area_total_sq_mi = 30.05
|area_land_sq_mi = 30.03
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.02
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Jackson Township, Cass County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Jackson_township,_Cass_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1801736846 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=Apr 4, 2024}}
|population_total = 2773
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Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,773 (down from 2,876 at 2010{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US1801736846| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212143118/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US1801736846| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jackson township, Cass County, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 15, 2013}}) and contained 1,246 housing units.
History
Jackson Township was organized on June 6, 1847 in a meeting at the home of William Frush.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_exgVAAAAYAAJ | title=History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time | publisher=Lewis Publishing Company | author=Powell, Jehu Z. | year=1913 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_exgVAAAAYAAJ/page/n628 593]}} It was named for Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/combinationatlas00king | title=History of Cass County, Indiana | publisher=Kingman Bros. | author=Helm, Thomas B. | year=1878 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/combinationatlas00king/page/41 41]}}
Geography
Jackson Township covers an area of {{convert|30.05|sqmi}}; {{convert|0.02|sqmi}} (0.07 percent) of this is water.
=Cities and towns=
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=Adjacent townships=
- Tipton (north)
- Pipe Creek Township, Miami County (northeast)
- Deer Creek Township, Miami County (east)
- Clay Township, Howard County (south)
- Ervin Township, Howard County (southwest)
- Deer Creek (west)
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=Cemeteries=
The township contains four cemeteries: McWilliams, Meeks, Patterson and Sprinkle.
References
- {{cite gnis|453435|Jackson Township, Cass County, Indiana|2009-09-24}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064614/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
External links
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- [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
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Category:Townships in Cass County, Indiana