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Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Spencer

GNIS feature ID
  
453467

Local time
  
Friday 10:00 PM

State
  
Indiana

FIPS code
  
18-37422

Elevation
  
154 m

Population
  
891 (2010)

Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 98% Humidity

Area
  
53.07 km² (52.45 km² Land / 62 ha Water)

Jackson Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 891 and it contained 379 housing units. Jackson Township contains the city of Gentryville.

Contents

Map of Jackson Township, IN, USA

History

Jackson Township was organized in 1841, and named for Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), the 7th President of the United States.

Colonel William Jones House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 20.49 square miles (53.1 km2), of which 20.25 square miles (52.4 km2) (or 98.83%) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km2) (or 1.17%) is water.

Cities and towns

  • Gentryville
  • Unincorperated towns

  • Pigeon
  • References

    Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana Wikipedia