Jackson Township | |
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![]() The Hoosier National Forest in eastern Jackson. | |
![]() Location in Orange County | |
Coordinates: 38°26′58″N 86°37′10″W / 38.44944°N 86.61944°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Orange |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 42.57 sq mi (110.3 km2) |
• Land | 35.75 sq mi (92.6 km2) |
• Water | 6.82 sq mi (17.7 km2) 16.02% |
Elevation | 574 ft (175 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 740 |
• Density | 17/sq mi (6.7/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 47118, 47175, 47432, 47454 |
Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
GNIS feature ID | 453458 |
Jackson Township is one of ten townships in Orange County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 740 and it contained 399 housing units.[1]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 1,372 | — | |
1900 | 1,415 | 3.1% | |
1910 | 1,331 | −5.9% | |
1920 | 1,269 | −4.7% | |
1930 | 924 | −27.2% | |
1940 | 894 | −3.2% | |
1950 | 746 | −16.6% | |
1960 | 615 | −17.6% | |
1970 | 474 | −22.9% | |
1980 | 346 | −27.0% | |
1990 | 416 | 20.2% | |
2000 | 543 | 30.5% | |
2010 | 686 | 26.3% | |
2020 | 740 | 7.9% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[2] |
History
[edit]Jackson Township was founded in 1831. It was named for President Andrew Jackson.[3]
Geography
[edit]According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.57 square miles (110.3 km2), of which 35.75 square miles (92.6 km2) (or 83.98%) is land and 6.82 square miles (17.7 km2) (or 16.02%) is water.[4]
Cemeteries
[edit]The township contains these three cemeteries: Patoka Memorial, Cane Creek, Patoka Memorial and Swift.
Major highways
[edit]Lakes
[edit]- Patoka Lake
School districts
[edit]- Springs Valley Community School Corporation
Political districts
[edit]- Indiana's 9th congressional district
- State House District 62
- State Senate District 48
References
[edit]- "Jackson Township, Orange County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 17, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- IndianaMap
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
- ^ History of Lawrence, Orange, and Washington Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Higginson Book Company. 1884. pp. 397.
- ^ "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.