Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana
Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,207 and it contained 493 housing units.
History
Jackson was one Clinton County's original townships, created at the first meeting of the county commissioners on May 15, 1830, and remains the largest of the current fourteen. Its first white settlers were Walter and Anthony Leek who arrived in 1828.Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land. It includes most of what was known to the pioneers as Twelve Mile Prairie. The unincorporated towns of Cyclone and Manson sit on its eastern and western borders, respectively. A CSX rail line runs south from Frankfort through the middle of the township.Unincorporated towns
Adjacent townships
- Center Township
- Michigan Township
- Kirklin Township
- Clinton Township, Boone County
- Washington Township, Boone County
- Sugar Creek Township, Boone County
- Perry Township
- Washington Township