title: Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana
text: # 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 30.11 square miles (78.0 $km^2),$ of which 30.1 square miles (78 $km^2)$ (or 99.97%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 $km^2)$ (or 0.03%) is water.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Camden
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Liberty (north)
  * Washington (northeast)
  * Carrollton (east)
  * Monroe (south)
  * Deer Creek (west)
  * Rock Creek (northwest)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Indiana State Road 75
  * Indiana State Road 218
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains four cemeteries: Musselman, Nebo, Nettle and Wise.
  
  