Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana


Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,391 and it contained 547 housing units. It is uncertain how or for whom the township was named, but Adam Porter, one of the township's earliest settlers who arrived in the late 1820s, is described as hailing from Jackson Township, Virginia, and may have named it.

History

Jackson Township was organized in 1830.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which is land and is water.

Cities and towns

The township contains four cemeteries: Musselman, Nebo, Nettle and Wise.