Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Kankakee Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°W / 41.64861; -86.65028Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°W / 41.64861; -86.65028
Country United States
State Indiana
County LaPorte
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total 30.69 sq mi (79.5 km2)
 • Land 30.55 sq mi (79.1 km2)
 • Water 0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation[1] 761 ft (232 m)
Population (2010)
 • Total 4,830
 • Density 158.1/sq mi (61.0/km2)
FIPS code 18-39186[2]
GNIS feature ID 453521

Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,830 and it contained 1,859 housing units.[3]

The first settlements were made in Kankakee Township in the 1830s.[4] The northeast corner of LaPorte, Indiana, is within the township.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.69 square miles (79.5 km2), of which 30.55 square miles (79.1 km2) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km2) (or 0.46%) is water.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  4. ↑ Packard, Jasper (1876). History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor, printers. p. 44.


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