Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°W / 41.64861; -86.65028CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyLaPorteGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total30.69 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]

• Total4,739 • Density158.1/sq mi (61.0/km²)FIPS code18-39186^[3]GNIS feature ID453521

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.

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.

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

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ Packard, Jasper (1876). History of La Porte County, Indiana, and Its Townships, Towns and Cities. S. E. Taylor, printers. p. 44.