Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana

Jackson Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jay County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jay
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.38 sq mi (94.23 km2)
• Land	36.36 sq mi (94.18 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.05%
Elevation	873 ft (266 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	866
• Density	23.8/sq mi (9.2/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453452

Jackson Township is one of twelve townships in Jay County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 866.^[1]

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Unincorporated towns 1.2 Adjacent townships 1.3 Cemeteries 1.4 Major highways 2 References 3 External links

Geography

Jackson Township covers an area of 36.38 square miles (94.2 km²); of this, 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) or 0.05 percent is water. The streams of Bear Creek, Dunkirk Drain, Haskin Run, Wall Run and Wolf Creek run through this township.

Unincorporated towns

• Kitt
• Poling
• West Liberty

Adjacent townships

• Hartford Township, Adams County (north)
• Wabash Township, Adams County (northeast)
• Bearcreek Township (east)
• Wayne Township (southeast)
• Greene Township (south)
• Penn Township (west)
• Nottingham Township, Wells County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Gravel Hill.

Major highways

• SR 18

References

• "Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453452. Retrieved 2009-09-24. 
• United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ United States Census Bureau American FactFinder

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana

Municipalities and communities of Jay County, Indiana, USA County seat: Portland Cities Dunkirk‡ Portland Towns Bryant Pennville Redkey Salamonia Townships Bearcreek Greene Jackson Jefferson Knox Madison Noble Penn Pike Richland Wabash Wayne Unincorporated communities Antioch Antiville Balbec Blaine Bloomfield Bluff Point Boundary City Brice Center College Corner Collett Como Corkwell Fiat Greene Jay City Kitt Liber New Corydon New Mount Pleasant Pleasant Ridge Poling Pony Powers Ridertown Salem Trinity West Liberty Westchester Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties