Kankakee Township, LaPorte County, Indiana

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.

Kankakee Township
Township
Coordinates: 41°38′55″N 86°39′01″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 [1]	761 ft (232 m)
Population  (2020)[2]
• Total	4,739
• Density	158.1/sq mi (61.0/km2)
FIPS code	18-39186[3]
GNIS feature ID	453521

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.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 30.69 square miles (79.5 km²), of which 30.55 square miles (79.1 km²) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.14 square miles (0.36 km²) (or 0.46%) is water.^[4]