Jackson Township, Spencer County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°04′30″N 87°02′54″W / 38.07500°N 87.04833°W / 38.07500; -87.04833CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountySpencerGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total20.49 sq mi (53.1 km²) • Land20.25 sq mi (52.4 km²) • Water0.24 sq mi (0.6 km²)Elevation

^[1]

505 ft (154 m)Population

(2020)

• Total803 • Density39/sq mi (15/km²)FIPS code18-37422^[2]GNIS feature ID453467

Jackson Township is one of nine townships in Spencer County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 803 and it contained 353 housing units.^[3] Jackson Township contains the city of Gentryville.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,158	—
1900	1,173	1.3%
1910	1,037	−11.6%
1920	770	−25.7%
1930	703	−8.7%
1940	649	−7.7%
1950	632	−2.6%
1960	613	−3.0%
1970	630	2.8%
1980	848	34.6%
1990	824	−2.8%
2000	868	5.3%
2010	891	2.6%
2020	803	−9.9%
Source: US Decennial Census^[4]

History

Jackson Township was organized in 1841, and named for Andrew Jackson (1767–1845), the 7th President of the United States.^[5]

Colonel William Jones House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 20.49 square miles (53.1 km²), of which 20.25 square miles (52.4 km²) (or 98.83%) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km²) (or 1.17%) is water.^[7]

Cities and towns

Gentryville

Unincorporated towns

Pigeon

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present. Goodspeed. 1885. p. 271.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "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.