Kankakee Township | |
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Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | LaPorte |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 30.69 sq mi (79.5 km2) |
• Land | 30.55 sq mi (79.1 km2) |
• Water | 0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2) |
Elevation | 761 ft (232 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,739 |
• Density | 158.1/sq mi (61.0/km2) |
FIPS code | 18-39186[3] |
GNIS feature ID | 453521 |
Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,739 (down from 4,830 at 2010[4]) and it contained 1,579 housing units.
The first settlements were made in Kankakee Township in the 1830s.[5] The northeast corner of LaPorte, Indiana, is located within the southwestern corner of the township.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.69 square miles (79.5 km2), of which 30.55 square miles (79.1 km2) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (or 0.46%) is water.[4]