Kawashima, Tokushima

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Kawashima

| subdivision_name2 = Oe

| official_name =

| extinct_date = {{end date and age|2004|10|1}}

| area_total_km2 = 17.69

| extinct_title = Merged into Yoshinogawa

| pop_est_as_of = 2003

| population_est = 8,484

| subdivision_type2 = District

| native_name = 川島町

| subdivision_name1 = Tokushima

| subdivision_type1 = Prefecture

| subdivision_name = Japan

| subdivision_type = Country

| settlement_type = Former town

| native_name_lang = ja

| population_density_km2 = 479.59

}}

Kawashima ({{langx|ja|川島町|Kawashima-machi}}, {{IPA|ja|kaɰaɕima matɕi|pron}}) was a town located in Oe District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,484 and a population density of 479.59 persons per km². The total area was {{Convert|17.69|km2|mi2|abbr=}}.

On October 1, 2004, Kawashima, along with the towns of Kamojima and Yamakawa, and the village of Misato (all from Oe District), was merged to create the new city of Yoshinogawa.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-12 |title=人口減対策 待ったなし |url=https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/tokushima/news/20231011-OYTNT50046/ |access-date=2024-02-04 |website=読売新聞オンライン |language=ja |quote=[吉野川市]は０４年１０月、旧麻植郡の鴨島、川島、山川各町と美郷村の４自治体が合併し発足した。 |archive-date=2024-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204185849/https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/tokushima/news/20231011-OYTNT50046/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89y4AAAAIAAJ |title=現代用語の基礎知識 |date=2005 |publisher=自由国民社 |isbn=978-4-426-10123-7 |pages=471 |language=ja |quote=10 月 1 日に徳島県麻植郡鴨島町、川島町、山川町、美郷村が合併して吉野川市が誕生する。}}