Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Kankakee Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°WCoordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°W
Country United States
State Indiana
County LaPorte
Government
  Type Indiana township
Area
  Total 30.69 sq mi (79.5 km2)
  Land 30.55 sq mi (79.1 km2)
  Water 0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation[1] 761 ft (232 m)
Population (2010)
  Total 4,830
  Density 158.1/sq mi (61.0/km2)
FIPS code 18-39186[2]
GNIS feature ID 453521

Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,830 and it contained 1,859 housing units.[3]

The first settlements were made in Kankakee Township in the 1830s.[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.69 square miles (79.5 km2), of which 30.55 square miles (79.1 km2) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (or 0.46%) is water.[3]

References

  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  4. Packard, Jasper (1876). History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor, printers. p. 44.

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