| Official Name: | Jackson Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carroll |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.11 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.1 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1387 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 189 |
| Elevation Ft: | 620 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5972°N -86.5286°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-36828[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453434 |
Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,387 (slightly down from 1,391 at 2010[4]) and it contained 523 housing units.
It is uncertain how or for whom the township was named, but Adam Porter, one of the township's earliest settlers who arrived in the late 1820s, is described as hailing from Jackson Township, Virginia, and may have named it.[5]
Jackson Township was organized in 1830.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.97%) is land and (or 0.03%) is water.[4]
The township contains four cemeteries: Musselman, Nebo, Nettle and Wise.