Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana
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Clear Creek Township is one of eleven townships
in Monroe County
, Indiana
, USA
. At the 2000 census
, its population was 4,164.
, Clear Creek Township covers an area of 37.87 square miles (98.1 km²); of this, 30.79 square miles (79.7 km²) (81.32 percent) is land and 7.08 square miles (18.3 km²) (18.68 percent) is water.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) has an additional 26 cemeteries in the Township. 4 Cemeteries were moved due to the construction of Lake Monroe.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between maintenance of old cemeteries and cemeteries which are being used on a sometime twice weekly or monthly basis.
Deeds are recorded in office of the Recorder of Monroe County Indiana.
Thelma Kelley Jeffries
Trustee
Clear Creek Township
Monroe County, Indiana
Clear Creek Township contains 29 cemeteries:
4 CEMETERIES RELOCATED TO THE POLK TOWNSHIP CEMETERY
DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAKE MONROE
BLAC -BLACKWELL/CHAMBERS/PRINCE
Clear Creek - Section 13 > Large cemetery moved to Polk Twp. Cem.
for Lake Monroe. Was located near Nancy Jane bridge.
GOOD -GOODMAN
Clear Creek - Section 27 >Moved to Polk Twp. Cem. for Lake Monroe.
Some maps refer to a cemetery in Clear Creek Section 27 on the very top of the east ridge of the Spillway cut out. We have also had some reports of tombstones on the west ridge but have been unable to locate any.
LIVI -LIVINGSTON/MITCHELL
Clear Creek - Section 26 > Old Otto Mitchell farm,in the town of Fairfax, 3 graves moved to Polk Twp Cem. for Lake Monroe.
SCAR -SCARBAUGH/DAN FOX
Clear Creek - Section 26 > Moved to Polk Twp Cem. for Lake Monroe.
Civil township
A civil township is a widely used unit of local government in the United States, subordinate to, and geographic divisions of, a county. Specific responsibilities and the degree of autonomy vary based on each state. Civil townships are distinct from survey townships, but in states that have both,...
in Monroe County
Monroe County, Indiana
As of the census of 2010, there were 137,974 people, 46,898 households, and 24,715 families residing in the county. The population density was 306 people per square mile . There were 50,846 housing units at an average density of 129 per square mile...
, Indiana
Indiana
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, USA
United States
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. At the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 4,164.
Geography
According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
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, Clear Creek Township covers an area of 37.87 square miles (98.1 km²); of this, 30.79 square miles (79.7 km²) (81.32 percent) is land and 7.08 square miles (18.3 km²) (18.68 percent) is water.
Unincorporated towns
- Fairfax (Now underwater due to Lake Monroe.) at 39.0081046°N 86.4805497°W
- HarrodsburgHarrodsburg, IndianaHarrodsburg is an unincorporated town in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana. It population was 691 at the 2010 census.-History:Bloomington Telephone, August 11, 1883, p. 4.NEW JANE, Now Known as Harrodsburg...
at 39.0133817°N 86.5449962°W - SmithvilleSmithville, Monroe County, IndianaSmithville is an unincorporated town in Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana.-History:Bloomington Republican Progress, Feb 11, 1885, p. 2.Smithville is to have a boom, in the way of a sawmill...
at 39.0711593°N 86.5069398°W
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Cemeteries
Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) operates (3) three active cemeteries, which includes the marking & selling of plots, marking for headstones, meeting with family members & marking burial sites for their family member, all maintenance, mowing & trimming, filling in grave sites, removing funeral floral arrangements, leveling and sowing grass seed & straw, cleaning up after rain and or wind storms which blow flowers off of grave sites.Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) has an additional 26 cemeteries in the Township. 4 Cemeteries were moved due to the construction of Lake Monroe.
There is a BIG DIFFERENCE between maintenance of old cemeteries and cemeteries which are being used on a sometime twice weekly or monthly basis.
Deeds are recorded in office of the Recorder of Monroe County Indiana.
Thelma Kelley Jeffries
Trustee
Clear Creek Township
Monroe County, Indiana
Clear Creek Township contains 29 cemeteries:
- Anderson-Deckard
- Barrett
- Bennett-Humphrey
- Bold-Boles_Strain
- Chambers, D
- Chambers, W
- Clover Hill
- Deckard, M
- Deckard, J
- Flory-Stipp-Butcher
- Goodman
- Hanson-Meadows
- Juda-Wallingford
- Kelly
- Ketcham
- Kinser
- Knight-McKnights
- Knights of Pythia
- Kutch
- Leonard-Phillips
- Lucas
- Mount Ebal
- Mount Salem
- Musser/Mercer
- Pennington-Urmey
- Phillips
- Pickle-Smallwood
- Smithville
- Smith
4 CEMETERIES RELOCATED TO THE POLK TOWNSHIP CEMETERY
DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF LAKE MONROE
BLAC -BLACKWELL/CHAMBERS/PRINCE
Clear Creek - Section 13 > Large cemetery moved to Polk Twp. Cem.
for Lake Monroe. Was located near Nancy Jane bridge.
GOOD -GOODMAN
Clear Creek - Section 27 >Moved to Polk Twp. Cem. for Lake Monroe.
Some maps refer to a cemetery in Clear Creek Section 27 on the very top of the east ridge of the Spillway cut out. We have also had some reports of tombstones on the west ridge but have been unable to locate any.
LIVI -LIVINGSTON/MITCHELL
Clear Creek - Section 26 > Old Otto Mitchell farm,in the town of Fairfax, 3 graves moved to Polk Twp Cem. for Lake Monroe.
SCAR -SCARBAUGH/DAN FOX
Clear Creek - Section 26 > Moved to Polk Twp Cem. for Lake Monroe.
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Political districts
- Indiana's 9th congressional districtIndiana's 9th congressional districtIndiana's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Located in south-central and southeastern Indiana, the district is based in Bloomington....
- State House District 60
- State Senate District 44