Kankakee Township | |
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| Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″W / 41.64861°N 86.65028°W | |
| 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 | 761 ft (232 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,739 |
| • Density | 158.1/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.
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.