Official Name: | Jefferson Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cass |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Km2: | 93.51 |
Area Land Km2: | 92.62 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.89 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.1 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.76 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.35 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1297 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 216 |
Elevation Ft: | 709 |
Coordinates: | 40.7789°N -86.525°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-37890[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453481 |
Jefferson Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,297 (down from 1,452 at 2010[4]) and contained 580 housing units.
Jefferson Township was organized in 1831.[5] It was named for Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States.[6]
Jefferson Township covers an area of ; (0.97 percent) of this is water. Lake Cicott is in this township.
The township contains two cemeteries: Davis and Zion. Davis Cemetery is located a mile east of Burnettsville and a half mile east of the White County-Cass county line, and is commonly referred to as the Davis Cemetery Burnettsville in obituaries. It was also known as the Winegardner Cemetery.