Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Jackson Township
Township
Location of Jackson Township in Decatur County
Coordinates: 39°11′54″N 85°38′29″W / 39.19833°N 85.64139°W / 39.19833; -85.64139
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Decatur
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	40.29 sq mi (104.4 km)
• Land	40.27 sq mi (104.3 km)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km)
Elevation	801 ft (244 m)
Population
• Total	938
• Density	23/sq mi (9.0/km)
FIPS code	18-36918
GNIS feature ID	453439

Jackson Township is one of nine townships in Decatur County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 938 (down from 988 at 2010) and it contained 403 housing units.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,562	—
1900	1,477	−5.4%
1910	1,369	−7.3%
1920	1,286	−6.1%
1930	1,093	−15.0%
1940	1,094	0.1%
1950	1,081	−1.2%
1960	1,173	8.5%
1970	1,153	−1.7%
1980	1,092	−5.3%
1990	1,000	−8.4%
2000	1,040	4.0%
2010	988	−5.0%
2020	938	−5.1%
Source: US Decennial Census

History

Jackson Township was organized in 1834.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 40.29 square miles (104.4 km), of which 40.27 square miles (104.3 km) (or 99.95%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km) (or 0.05%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Clay Township (north)
Sand Creek Township (east)
Sand Creek Township, Jennings County (south)
Geneva Township, Jennings County (southwest)
Clifty Township, Bartholomew County (west)
Rock Creek Township, Bartholomew County (west)
Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County (northwest)

Major highways

Indiana State Road 3

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Lower Union, Mount Olivet, Mount Pisgah, Shirk, Wesley and Wynn.

References

"Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
"Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
"Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. pp. 95.

External links

v t e Municipalities and communities of Decatur County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Greensburg
City	Greensburg	Map of Indiana highlighting Decatur County
Towns	Millhousen New Point St. Paul‡ Westport
Townships	Adams Clay Clinton Fugit Jackson Marion Salt Creek Sand Creek Washington
CDPs	Adams Burney Clarksburg Lake Santee‡ Letts Milford Saint Omer Sandusky Sardinia
Other communities	Alert Downeyville Forest Hill Gaynorsville Germantown Harris City Horace Kingston Knarr Corner Letts Corner Mechanicsburg New Pennington Rossburg Saint Maurice Slabtown Waynesburg Williamstown‡
Ghost town	Springhill
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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