Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

41°15′17″N 87°22′43″W / 41.25472°N 87.37861°W / 41.25472; -87.37861CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyLakeFounded1839Government

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total60.57 sq mi (156.9 km²) • Land60.01 sq mi (155.4 km²) • Water0.56 sq mi (1.5 km²)Elevation

^[1]

636 ft (194 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total12,725 • Density201.6/sq mi (77.8/km²)FIPS code18-11026^[3]GNIS feature ID453171

Cedar Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,725, containing 4,710 housing units,^[2] up from 12,097 as of 2010.^[4]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,691	—
1900	2,407	42.3%
1910	2,312	−3.9%
1920	2,381	3.0%
1930	2,619	10.0%
1940	3,010	14.9%
1950	3,536	17.5%
1960	5,010	41.7%
1970	6,365	27.0%
1980	8,704	36.7%
1990	9,009	3.5%
2000	10,649	18.2%
2010	12,097	13.6%
2020	12,725	5.2%
Source: US Decennial Census^[5]

History

Cedar Creek Township was established in 1839.^[6]

The Buckley Homestead was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.^[7]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 60.57 square miles (156.9 km²), of which 60.01 square miles (155.4 km²) (or 99.08%) is land and 0.56 square miles (1.5 km²) (or 0.92%) is water.^[4] The township includes most of the town of Lowell, as well the Census-designated Place Lake Dalecarlia.

Education

Cedar Creek Township, along with West Creek Township and Eagle Creek Township, is served by the Tri-Creek School Corporation which includes Lowell High School.

References

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Census Bureau profile: Cedar Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 15, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
^ Howat, William Frederick (1915). A Standard History of Lake County, Indiana, and the Calumet Region, Volume 1. Lewis Publishing Company. p. 104.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.