Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana
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|area_total_km2 = 93.51
|area_land_km2 = 92.62
|area_water_km2 = 0.89
|area_total_sq_mi = 36.1
|area_land_sq_mi = 35.76
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.35
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Jefferson_township,_Cass_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1801737890 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=Apr 4, 2024}}
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Jefferson Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,297 (down from 1,452 at 2010{{Cite web| url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US1801737890| archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212161228/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/G001/0600000US1801737890| url-status=dead| archive-date=February 12, 2020| title=Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jefferson township, Cass County, Indiana| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder| accessdate=January 15, 2013}}) and contained 580 housing units.
History
Jefferson Township was organized in 1831.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=exgVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA618 | 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=618}} It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dqQ1AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35 | title=History of Cass County, Indiana | publisher=Kingman Bros. | author=Helm, Thomas B. | year=1878 | pages=35}}
Geography
Jefferson Township covers an area of {{convert|36.1|sqmi}}; {{convert|0.35|sqmi}} (0.97 percent) of this is water. Lake Cicott is in this township.
=Unincorporated towns=
=Adjacent townships=
- Boone (north)
- Harrison (northeast)
- Noble (east)
- Clinton (southeast)
- Liberty Township, Carroll County (south)
- Adams Township, Carroll County (southwest)
- Jackson Township, White County (west)
- Cass Township, White County (northwest)
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=Cemeteries=
The township contains two cemeteries: Davis and Zion. Davis Cemetery is located a mile east of Burnettsville and a half mile east of the White County-Cass county line, and is commonly referred to as the Davis Cemetery Burnettsville in obituaries. It was also known as the Winegardner Cemetery.
References
- {{cite gnis|453481|Jefferson 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