Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Indian Creek Township is one of nine townships
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 Lawrence County
Lawrence County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,922 people, 18,535 households, and 13,141 families residing in the county. The population density was 102 people per square mile . There were 20,560 housing units at an average density of 46 per square mile...

, Indiana
Indiana
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, USA
United States
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. As of 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 2,662.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, Indian Creek Township covers an area of 38.15 square miles (98.8 km²); of this, 38 square miles (98.4 km²) (99.61 percent) is land and 0.15 square mile (0.3884982165 km²) (0.39 percent) is water.

Unincorporated towns

  • Coxton
    Coxton, Indiana
    Coxton is an unincorporated community in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

     at 38.829495°N 86.5611057°W
  • Dark Hollow at 38.8889389°N 86.539439°W
  • Eureka at 38.8708834°N 86.5627729°W
  • Fayetteville at 38.8608833°N 86.5952737°W
  • Patton Hill
    Patton Hill, Indiana
    Patton Hill is an unincorporated town in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

     at 38.9006055°N 86.5380503°W
  • Silverville
    Silverville, Indiana
    Silverville is an unincorporated town in Indian Creek Township, Lawrence County, Indiana....

     at 38.8575495°N 86.6652757°W

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these six cemeteries: Boone, Bridge, Ferguson, Old Union Church, Pleasant Hill and Waggner.

Political districts

  • Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district
    Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based primary in the central part of the state, the district consists of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion,...

  • State House District 62
  • State Senate District 44

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