title: Gillam Township, Jasper County, Indiana
text: # Gillam Township, Jasper County, Indiana
  
  Gillam Township is one of thirteen townships in Jasper County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 640 and it contained 277 housing units.
  
  In 1832, the first permanent white settlement in the area was made in what is now Gilliam Township.
  
  ## History
  
  Independence Methodist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
  
  ## Geography
  
  According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 38.23 square miles (99.0 $km^2),$ all land.
  
  ### Unincorporated towns
  
  * Baileys Corner
  
  ### Adjacent townships
  
  * Cass Township, Pulaski County (northeast)
  * White Post Township, Pulaski County (east)
  * Salem Township, Pulaski County (southeast)
  * Hanging Grove Township (south)
  * Barkley Township (west)
  * Walker Township (northwest)
  
  ### Cemeteries
  
  The township contains two cemeteries: Mason and Robinson.
  
  ## Education
  
  Gillam Township residents may request a free library card from the Jasper County Public Library.
  
  