Jackson Township, Jay County, Indiana

Jackson Township
Township
Location in Jay County
Coordinates: 40°31′36″N 85°03′09″W / 40.52667°N 85.05250°W / 40.52667; -85.05250
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jay
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.37 sq mi (94.2 km2)
• Land	36.34 sq mi (94.1 km2)
• Water	0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2)  0.05%
Elevation	873 ft (266 m)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	991
• Density	27/sq mi (11/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453452

Jackson Township is one of twelve townships in Jay County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 991 (up from 965 at 2010^[2]) and it contained 316 housing units.

Jackson Township was organized in 1838.^[3]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 36.37 square miles (94.2 km²), of which 36.34 square miles (94.1 km²) (or 99.92%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km²) (or 0.05%) is water.^[2] The streams of Bear Creek, Dunkirk Drain, Haskin Run, Wall Run and Wolf Creek run through this township^{[citation needed]}.

• Poling
• West Liberty

• Hartford Township, Adams County (north)
• Wabash Township, Adams County (northeast)
• Bearcreek Township (east)
• Wayne Township (southeast)
• Greene Township (south)
• Penn Township (west)
• Nottingham Township, Wells County (northwest)

The township contains one cemetery, Gravel Hill.

• SR 18

• "Jackson Township, Jay 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

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana