Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Kankakee Township

Township

Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W﻿ / ﻿41.64861°N 86.65028°W﻿ / 41.64861; -86.65028
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

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| 761 ft (232 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• 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.

## Geography

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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]

## References

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1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
5. ^ Packard, Jasper (1876). History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor, printers. p. 44.

## External links

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* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana

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Municipalities and communities of LaPorte County, Indiana, United States

County seat: La Porte

Cities|

* La Porte
* Michigan City

Map of Indiana highlighting LaPorte County

Towns|

* Kingsbury
* Kingsford Heights
* LaCrosse
* Long Beach
* Michiana Shores
* Pottawattamie Park
* Trail Creek
* Wanatah
* Westville

Townships|

* Cass
* Center
* Clinton
* Coolspring
* Dewey
* Galena
* Hanna
* Hudson
* Johnson
* Kankakee
* Lincoln
* Michigan
* New Durham
* Noble
* Pleasant
* Prairie
* Scipio
* Springfield
* Union
* Washington
* Wills

CDPs|

* Fish Lake
* Hanna
* Hudson Lake
* Rolling Prairie
* Saugany Lake
* South Center
* Stillwell
* Union Mills

Other
communities|

* Alida
* Beattys Corner
* Birchim
* Byron
* Crumstown‡
* Door Village
* Duneland Beach
* Haskell
* Hesston
* Holmesville
* Kankakee
* Lake Park
* Mill Creek
* Oakwood
* Otis
* Pinhook
* Pinola
* Riverside
* Salem Heights
* Smith
* South Wanatah
* Springfield
* Springville
* Summit
* Tee Lake
* Thomaston
* Tracy
* Union Center
* Waterford
* Wellsboro
* Wilders

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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