title: Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana
text: # Jackson Township, Decatur County, Indiana
  
  Jackson Township is one of nine townships in Decatur County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 988 and it contained 419 housing units.
  
  ## History
  
  Jackson Township was organized in 1834.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 40.29 square miles (104.4 $km^2),$ of which 40.27 square miles (104.3 $km^2)$ (or 99.95%) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 $km^2)$ (or 0.05%) is water.
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Alert
  * Forest Hill
  * Sardinia
  * Waynesburg
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Clay Township (north)
  * Sand Creek Township (east)
  * Sand Creek Township, Jennings County (south)
  * Geneva Township, Jennings County (southwest)
  * Clifty Township, Bartholomew County (west)
  * Rock Creek Township, Bartholomew County (west)
  * Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County (northwest)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Indiana State Road 3
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains six cemeteries: Lower Union, Mount Olivet, Mount Pisgah, Shirk, Wesley and Wynn.
  
  