Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°17′01″N 86°18′03″W / 39.28361°N 86.30083°W / 39.28361; -86.30083CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyBrownGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total62.38 sq mi (161.6 km²) • Land61.39 sq mi (159.0 km²) • Water0.99 sq mi (2.6 km²)Elevation

^[1]

702 ft (214 m)Population

(2020)

• Total3,938 • Density63/sq mi (24/km²)FIPS code18-36810^[2]GNIS feature ID453433

Jackson Township is one of four townships in Brown County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 3,938 (down from 4,002 at 2010^[3]) and it contained 2,154 housing units.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	2,012	—
1900	1,943	−3.4%
1910	1,642	−15.5%
1920	1,712	4.3%
1930	1,326	−22.5%
1940	1,441	8.7%
1950	1,519	5.4%
1960	1,946	28.1%
1970	2,658	36.6%
1980	3,774	42.0%
1990	4,151	10.0%
2000	4,151	0.0%
2010	4,002	−3.6%
2020	3,938	−1.6%
Source: US Decennial Census^[5]

History

Jackson Township was named for Andrew Jackson.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 62.38 square miles (161.6 km²), of which 61.39 square miles (159.0 km²) (or 98.41%) is land and 0.99 square miles (2.6 km²) (or 1.59%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Adjacent townships

Hamblen (east)
Washington (south)
Benton Township, Monroe County (west)
Hensley Township, Johnson County (northeast)
Washington Township, Morgan County (northwest)

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Georgetown and Lanam.

References

"Jackson Township, Brown County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Blanchard, Charles (1884). Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. pp. 734.