Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Jackson Township
settlement_type = Township
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map_caption = Location of Jackson Township in Carroll County


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Carroll
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government_type = Indiana township
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area_total_km2 = 77.97
area_land_km2 = 77.96
area_water_km2 = 0.02
area_total_sq_mi = 30.1
area_land_sq_mi = 30.1
area_water_sq_mi = 0.01

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1,262
population_density_km2 = 16.19
population_density_sq_mi = 41.93

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 189
elevation_ft = 620
latd = 40
latm = 35
lats = 50
latNS = N
longd = 86
longm = 31
longs = 43
longEW = W

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blank_info = 18-36828GR|2
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Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,262. It's uncertain how or for whom the township was named, but Adam Porter, one of the township's earliest settlers who arrived in the late 1820s, is described as hailing from Jackson Township, Virginia, and may have named it. [cite book
last = Appleton
first = Lee
title = This Was Camden: A History of Camden, Indiana
year = 2007
publisher = Heartland Printing
location = Bloomingon, Illinois
pages = p. 4 ]

Geography

Jackson Township covers an area of 30.1 square miles; 0.01 square miles (0.03 percent) of this is water.

Cities and towns

* Camden

Adjacent townships

* Liberty (north)
* Washington (northeast)
* Carrollton (east)
* Monroe (south)
* Deer Creek (west)
* Rock Creek (northwest)

Major highways

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Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Musselman, Nebo, Nettle and Wise.

References

* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]

References

External links

* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/counties/Carroll.htm Indiana Township Association page for Carroll County]