| 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: | Clinton |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Established Title: | Organized |
| Established Date: | 1830 |
| Named For: | Andrew Jackson |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 43.45 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 43.45 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1207 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 269 |
| Elevation Ft: | 883 |
| Coordinates: | 40.22°N -86.5033°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-36882[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453437 |
Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,207 (up from 1,173 at 2010[4] The township was named for President Andrew Jackson.[5]) and it contained 493 housing units.
Jackson was one Clinton County's original townships, created at the first meeting of the county commissioners on May 15, 1830, and remains the largest of the current fourteen. Its first white settlers were Walter and Anthony Leek who arrived in 1828.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4] It includes most of what was known to the pioneers as Twelve Mile Prairie. The unincorporated towns of Cyclone and Manson sit on its eastern and western borders, respectively. A CSX rail line (originally laid down by the Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Railroad) runs south from Frankfort through the middle of the township.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains two cemeteries: Allen and Buntin.