Official Name: | Kankakee Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | LaPorte |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 30.69 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 30.55 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.14 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 4739 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 158.1 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 232 |
Elevation Ft: | 761 |
Coordinates: | 41.6486°N -86.6503°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-39186[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 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.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.54%) is land and (or 0.46%) is water.[4]