title: Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana
text: # Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana
  
  Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,173 and it contained 469 housing units. The township was named for President Andrew Jackson.
  
  ## History
  
  Jackson was one Clinton County's original townships, created at the first meeting of the county commissioners on May 15, 1830, and remains the largest of the current fourteen. Its first white settlers were Walter and Anthony Leek who arrived in 1828.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 43.45 square miles (112.5 $km^2),$ all land. It includes most of what was known to the pioneers as Twelve Mile Prairie. The unincorporated towns of Cyclone and Manson sit on its eastern and western borders, respectively. A CSX rail line (originally laid down by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad) runs south from Frankfort through the middle of the township.
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Antioch
  * Cyclone
  * Reagan
  
  (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Center Township (north)
  * Michigan Township (northeast)
  * Kirklin Township (east)
  * Clinton Township, Boone County (southeast)
  * Washington Township, Boone County (south)
  * Sugar Creek Township, Boone County (southwest)
  * Perry Township (west)
  * Washington Township (northwest)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Interstate 65
  * Indiana State Road 38
  * Indiana State Road 39
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains two cemeteries: Allen and Buntin.
  
  