Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one

townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...

LaPorte County, Indiana LaPorte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020, the population was 112,417. The county seat is the city of La Porte, and the largest city is Michigan City. This county is part of the Northwest Indiana and Michian ...

. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,739 (down from 4,830 at 2010) and it contained 1,579 housing units. The first settlements were made in Kankakee Township in the 1830s. The northeast corner of

LaPorte, Indiana La Porte () is a city in LaPorte County, Indiana, United States, of which it is the county seat. Its population was estimated to be 21,341 in 2022. It is one of the two principal cities of the Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana metropolitan stat ...

, is located within the southwestern corner of the township, as is the

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

of Rolling Prairie.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.54%) is land and (or 0.46%) is water.

References

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
Townships in LaPorte County, Indiana Townships in Indiana 1830s establishments in Indiana {{LaPorteCountyIN-geo-stub