Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°35′15″N 86°37′59″W / 40.58750°N 86.63306°W / 40.58750; -86.63306CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyCarrollGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total43.94 sq mi (113.8 km²) • Land43.7 sq mi (113 km²) • Water0.24 sq mi (0.6 km²)Elevation

^[1]

627 ft (191 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total4,566 • Density100/sq mi (40/km²)FIPS code18-17236^[3]GNIS feature ID453257

Deer Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,566 (slightly down from 4,571 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 1,975 housing units.

History

Deer Creek Township was organized in 1828.^[5]

The Baum-Shaeffer Farm, Carrollton Bridge, Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District, Delphi Lime Kilns, Lock No. 33 Lock Keeper's House, and Wabash and Erie Canal Lock No. 33, Fred and Minnie Raber Farm, Sunset Point, and Wilson Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 43.94 square miles (113.8 km²), of which 43.7 square miles (113 km²) (or 99.45%) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km²) (or 0.55%) is water.^[4]

Cities and towns

Delphi (the county seat)

Unincorporated towns

Harley (extinct)

Adjacent townships

Adams (north)
Rock Creek (northeast)
Jackson (east)
Monroe (southeast)
Madison (south)
Washington Township, Tippecanoe County (southwest)
Tippecanoe (west)
Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County (west)

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains eight cemeteries: Bostetter, Delphi, Mears, Robinson, Saint Josephs, Sharp Point, Whistler and Wingard.

References

"Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 4, 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.
^ Odell, John Curtis (1916). History of Carroll County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 82.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.