title: Kankakee Township, Jasper County, Indiana
text: # Kankakee Township, Jasper County, Indiana
  
  Kankakee Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 988 and it contained 410 housing units.
  
  Kankakee Township was established in 1856.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25.97 square miles (67.3 $km^2),$ of which 25.27 square miles (65.4 $km^2)$ (or 97.30%) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 $km^2)$ (or 2.70%) is water.
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Tefft
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Pleasant Township, Porter County (north)
  * Dewey Township, LaPorte County (northeast)
  * Railroad Township, Starke County (east)
  * Cass Township, Pulaski County (southeast)
  * Walker Township (southwest)
  * Wheatfield Township (west)
  
  ### Major highways
  
  * Indiana State Road 10
  * Indiana State Road 49
  
  ## Education
  
  Kankakee Township residents are eligible to obtain a free library card from the Jasper County Public Library.
  
  