Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

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Kankakee Township
Township
Map highlighting Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana.svg
Coordinates: 41°38′55″N86°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)
 • Land30.55 sq mi (79.1 km2)
 • Water0.14 sq mi (0.4 km2)
Elevation
[1]
761 ft (232 m)
Population
 (2020) [2]
 • Total
4,739
 • Density158.1/sq mi (61.0/km2)
FIPS code 18-39186 [3]
GNIS feature ID 453521

Kankakee Township is one of twenty-one townships in LaPorte County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,739 (down from 4,830 at 2010 [4] ) and it contained 1,579 housing units.

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The first settlements were made in Kankakee Township in the 1830s. [5] The northeast corner of LaPorte, Indiana, is located within the southwestern corner of the township, as is the census-designated place of Rolling Prairie.

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. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Census Bureau profile: Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  3. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. 1 2 "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ 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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