Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana - USA

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Jefferson Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,452.[3]

Jefferson Township
Township
Location of Jefferson Township in Cass County
Coordinates: 40°46′44″N 86°31′30″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Cass
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	36.1 sq mi (93.51 km²)
• Land	35.76 sq mi (92.62 km²)
• Water	0.35 sq mi (0.89 km²)
Elevation [1]	709 ft (216 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,452
• Density	40/sq mi (16/km²)
FIPS code	18-37890[2]
GNIS feature ID	453481

History

Jefferson Township was organized in 1831.[4] It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.[5]

Geography

Jefferson Township covers an area of 36.1 square miles (93 km²); 0.35 square miles (0.91 km²) (0.97 percent) of this is water. Lake Cicott is in this township.

Unincorporated towns

Kenneth (extinct)
Lake Cicott

Adjacent townships

Boone (north)
Harrison (northeast)
Noble (east)
Clinton (southeast)
Liberty Township, Carroll County (south)
Adams Township, Carroll County (southwest)
Jackson Township, White County (west)
Cass Township, White County (northwest)

Major highways

U.S. Route 24

Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Davis and Zion. Davis Cemetery is located a mile east of Burnettsville and a half mile east of the White County-Cass county line, and is commonly referred to as the Davis Cemetery Burnettsville in obituaries. It was also known as the Winegardner Cemetery.

References

"Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

"US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
"U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
"Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Jefferson township, Cass County, Indiana". U.S. Census Bureau, American Factfinder. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
Powell, Jehu Z. (1913). History of Cass County Indiana: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 618.
Helm, Thomas B. (1878). History of Cass County, Indiana. Kingman Bros. p. 35.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jefferson Township, Cass County, Indiana.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Cass County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Logansport
City	Logansport	Map of Indiana highlighting Cass County
Towns	Galveston Onward Royal Center Walton
Townships	Adams Bethlehem Boone Clay Clinton Deer Creek Eel Harrison Jackson Jefferson Miami Noble Tipton Washington
CDP	Grissom AFB‡
Unincorporated communities	Adamsboro Anoka Clymers Deacon Dunkirk Georgetown Hoover Kenneth Lake Cicott Leases Corner Lewisburg Lincoln Lucerne Metea Miami Bend Mount Pleasant New Waverly Potawatomi Point Twelve Mile Young America
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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