Jackson Township, Elkhart County, Indiana

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


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Elkhart
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government_type = Indiana township
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area_total_km2 = 94.22
area_land_km2 = 94.18
area_water_km2 = 0.04
area_total_sq_mi = 36.38
area_land_sq_mi = 36.36
area_water_sq_mi = 0.02

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3,409
population_density_km2 = 36.2
population_density_sq_mi = 93.75

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elevation_footnotes = GR|3
elevation_m = 252
elevation_ft = 827
latd = 41
latm = 28
lats = 52
latNS = N
longd = 85
longm = 49
longs = 35
longEW = W

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blank_info = 18-36972GR|2
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Jackson Township is one of sixteen townships in Elkhart County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 3,409.

Geography

Jackson Township covers an area of 36.38 square miles; 0.02 square miles (0.05 percent) of this is water. Frog Pond is in this township.

Cities and towns

* New Paris

Unincorporated towns

* Bainter Town

Adjacent townships

* Elkhart Township (north)
* Clinton Township (northeast)
* Benton Township (east)
* Turkey Creek Township, Kosciusko County (southeast)
* Van Buren Township, Kosciusko County (south)
* Jefferson Township, Kosciusko County (southwest)
* Union Township (west)
* Harrison Township (northwest)

Major highways

* U.S. Route 6
* U.S. Route 33
* Indiana State Road 15

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Jackson.

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]

External links

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