Jordan Township, Jasper County, Indiana

Jordan Township
—  Township  —
Location in Jasper County
Coordinates:
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jasper
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	37.46 sq mi (97.01 km2)
• Land	37.4 sq mi (96.87 km2)
• Water	0.05 sq mi (0.14 km2)  0.14%
Elevation	656 ft (200 m)
Population (2000)
• Total	345
• Density	9.2/sq mi (3.6/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453518

Jordan Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 345.^[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

Jordan Township covers an area of 37.46 square miles (97.0 km²); of this, 0.05 square miles (0.13 km²) or 0.14 percent is water. The stream of Carpenter Creek runs through this township.

Unincorporated towns

• Egypt

Adjacent townships

• Newton Township (north)
• Marion Township (northeast)
• Milroy Township (east)
• Princeton Township, White County (east)
• Carpenter Township (south)
• Grant Township, Newton County (southwest)
• Iroquois Township, Newton County (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains one cemetery, Welsh.

Major highways

• Interstate 65
• U.S. Route 231
• Indiana State Road 16

References

• "Jordan Township, Jasper County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:0453518. 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 Jasper County, Indiana, USA County seat: Rensselaer City Rensselaer Towns DeMotte Remington Wheatfield Townships Barkley Carpenter Gillam Hanging Grove Jordan Kankakee Keener Marion Milroy Newton Union Walker Wheatfield Communities Aix Asphaltum Baileys Corner Collegeville Deer Park Dunns Bridge Egypt Fair Oaks Forest City Fountain Park Gifford Kersey Kniman McCoysburg Newland Parr Pleasant Ridge Roselawn‡ Stoutsburg Surrey Tefft Virgie Footnotes ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties