Jackson Township is one of twelve

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ...

in Jackson County,

Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 20,042 and it contained 8,741 housing units.

History

Bell Ford Post Patented Diagonal "Combination Bridge", Low Spur Archeological Site (12J87), and Sand Hill Archeological Site 12J62 are listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.02%) is land and (or 0.98%) is water. The streams of Buck Creek, Heddy Run, Myers Branch, Sandy Branch and South Fork Creek run through this township.

Cities and towns

* Seymour (vast majority)

Unincorporated towns

* Hangman Crossing * Kriete Corner * New Farmington

Adjacent townships

* Redding Township (north) * Spencer Township, Jennings County (east) * Washington Township (south) * Brownstown Township (west) * Hamilton Township (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Crane, Driftwood, Farmington, Gardner, Lutheran and Saint Ambrose.

Major highways

* Interstate 65 * U.S. Route 31 * U.S. Route 50 *

State Road 11 Route 11, or Highway 11 can refer to routes in the following countries: International * Asian Highway 11 * European route E11 * European route E011 Argentina * Buenos Aires Provincial Route 11 Australia Queensland * Suttor Developmenta ...

* State Road 258

Airports and landing strips

Freeman Municipal Airport Freeman Municipal Airport is a public use airport located two nautical miles (4 km) southwest of the central business district of Seymour, a city in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. It is owned by the Seymour Airport Authority ...

References

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United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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