title: Jackson Township, Blackford County, Indiana
text: # Jackson Township, Blackford County, Indiana
  
  Jackson Township is one of four townships in Blackford County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,354 and it contained 596 housing units. The township was named after Andrew Jackson, the Brevet Major General of the Battle of New Orleans and the seventh President of the United States.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 45.67 square miles (118.3 $km^2),$ of which 45.56 square miles (118.0 $km^2)$ (or 99.76%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 $km^2)$ (or 0.24%) is water. Lake Placid is in this township. Lick Creek runs through the township.
  
  ### Cities and towns
  
  * Dunkirk (southeast edge)
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Converse (originally called Crumley's Crossing)
  * Millgrove
  * Trenton (Post Office called Priam)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * SR 26
  * SR 167
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains at least seven cemeteries: Buckles, Goghnauer, Mount Tabor, Reeves, South Trenton, Wayman and West Trenton.
  
  