Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana
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|subdivision_name2 = Clinton
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|government_type = Indiana township
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|established_title = Organized
|established_date = 1830
|named_for = Andrew Jackson
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|area_total_sq_mi = 43.45
|area_land_sq_mi = 43.45
|area_water_sq_mi = 0
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Jackson_township,_Clinton_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1802336882 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=Apr 4, 2024}}
|population_total = 1207
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Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,207 (up from 1,173 at 2010{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18023
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202528/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18023
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=2020-02-12
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1
|publisher=United States Census
|accessdate=2013-05-10
}} The township was named for President Andrew Jackson.{{cite book
|last=Claybaugh
|first=Joseph
|title=History of Clinton County, Indiana
|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton00clay
|year=1913
|publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company
|location=Indianapolis
|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton00clay/page/n42 31]
}}) and it contained 493 housing units.
History
Jackson was one Clinton County's original townships, created at the first meeting of the county commissioners on May 15, 1830, and remains the largest of the current fourteen. Its first white settlers were Walter and Anthony Leek who arrived in 1828.{{cite book
|last=Claybaugh
|first=Joseph
|title=History of Clinton County, Indiana
|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofclinton00clay
|year=1913
|publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company
|location=Indianapolis
|chapter=Jackson Township
}}
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|43.45|sqmi}}, all land. It includes most of what was known to the pioneers as Twelve Mile Prairie. The unincorporated towns of Cyclone and Manson sit on its eastern and western borders, respectively. A CSX rail line (originally laid down by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad) runs south from Frankfort through the middle of the township.
=Unincorporated towns=
=Adjacent townships=
- Center Township (north)
- Michigan Township (northeast)
- Kirklin Township (east)
- Clinton Township, Boone County (southeast)
- Washington Township, Boone County (south)
- Sugar Creek Township, Boone County (southwest)
- Perry Township (west)
- Washington Township (northwest)
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=Cemeteries=
The township contains two cemeteries: Allen and Buntin.
References
- {{cite gnis|453437|Jackson Township, Clinton 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]
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