Jackson Township, Miami County, Indiana
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Jackson Township
|settlement_type = Township
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|image_skyline = Jackson Township south of Amboy.jpg
|imagesize = 250px
|image_caption = Fields south of Amboy
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|image_map = Map highlighting Jackson Township, Miami County, Indiana.svg
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|map_caption = Location in Miami County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{USA}}
|subdivision_type1 = State
|subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Indiana}}
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Miami
|government_footnotes =
|government_type = Indiana township
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|established_title = Organized
|established_date = 1846
|named_for = Andrew Jackson
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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_total_sq_mi = 23.37
|area_land_sq_mi = 23.3
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.08
|area_water_percent = 0.34
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 1,966
|population_density_sq_mi = 84
|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-05-09|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}
|elevation_m = 248
|elevation_ft = 814
|coordinates = {{coord|40|36|14|N|85|54|13|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
|timezone = Eastern (EST)
|utc_offset = -5
|timezone_DST = EDT
|utc_offset_DST = -4
|postal_code_type = ZIP codes
|postal_code = 46911, 46919
|area_code =
|blank_name = GNIS feature ID
|blank_info = [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:453455 453455]
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Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town's population is 1,966 and it contained 843 housing units as of 2010.{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18103
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202954/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18103
|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
}}
History
The first settlement at Jackson Township was made in 1842.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GETWAAAAMAAJ | title=History of Miami County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present | publisher=Brant & Fuller | year=1887 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GETWAAAAMAAJ/page/n585 618]}} Jackson Township was organized in 1846.{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu | title=History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests | publisher=Lewis Pub. | author=Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu/page/130 130]}} The township is named for Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States.{{cite web|url=http://enjoymiamicounty.org/history/ |title=History of Miami County (archived) |publisher=Miami County Tourism Office |accessdate=22 August 2015 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150212103312/http://enjoymiamicounty.org/history/ |archivedate=February 12, 2015 }}
Geography
=Cities, towns, villages=
=Cemeteries=
The township contains four cemeteries: Bond, Friends, Park Lawn and Pipe Creek.
=Major highways=
=Airports and landing strips=
- Converse Airport
=Lakes=
- Fox Lake
Education
- Oak Hill United School Corporation
Jackson Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Converse-Jackson Township Public Library in Converse.{{cite web | url=http://www.converselib.org/library-card-fees--circulation-policy.html | title=Library card fees | publisher=Converse-Jackson Township Public Library | accessdate=10 March 2018}}
Political districts
- Indiana's 5th congressional district
- State House District 32
- State Senate District 18
References
- {{cite gnis|0453455|Jackson Township, Miami County, Indiana|2009-09-27}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20081212132948/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
- [https://www.indianamap.org/ IndianaMap]
External links
- [https://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
- [http://www.city-data.com/township/Jackson-Miami-IN.html City-Data.com page for Jackson Township]
{{Geographic Location
|Centre = Jackson Township
|Northeast=Waltz Township, Wabash County
|East=Richland Township, Grant County
|Southeast=Sims Township, Grant County
|Southwest=Liberty Township, Howard County
|West=Harrison Township
|Northwest=Butler Township
}}
{{Miami County, Indiana}}