Jackson Township, Fayette County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°33′29″N 85°06′27″W / 39.55806°N 85.10750°W / 39.55806; -85.10750CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyFayetteGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total27.39 sq mi (70.9 km²) • Land27.39 sq mi (70.9 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²)Elevation

^[1]

994 ft (303 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total1,464 • Density55.6/sq mi (21.5/km²)FIPS code18-36990^[3]GNIS feature ID453443

Jackson Township is one of nine townships in Fayette County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,524 and it contained 615 housing units.^[4]

History

Jackson Township was established in 1820 from land given by Columbia Township.^[5] It was named for General and afterward President Andrew Jackson.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 27.39 square miles (70.9 km²), all land.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Everton

Adjacent townships

Jennings Township (northeast)
Harmony Township, Union County (east)
Blooming Grove Township, Franklin County (southeast)
Laurel Township, Franklin County (southwest)
Columbia Township (west)
Connersville Township (northwest)

Major highways

Indiana State Road 1

Cemeteries

The township contains the following cemeteries: Maize Elliott Farm Cemetery, Everton Cemetery, Green Family Cemetery, Ireland Church Cemetery, Sarah and John Lee Farm Cemetery, Mt. Zion Cemetery, Myers-Brumfiel Cemetery, Old Parrot or Marvin Rose Cemetery, Poplar Ridge Cemetery, Union or Old Smallwood Cemetery

References

"Jackson Township, Fayette 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.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Jackson Township, Fayette County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
^ "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.
^ History of Fayette County, Indiana. Warner, Beers and Company. 1885. pp. 199.
^ Barrows, Frederic Irving (1917). History of Fayette County, Indiana: Her People, Industries and Institutions. Bowen, B. F. p. 242.