Rock Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°39′51″N 86°35′09″W / 40.66417°N 86.58583°W / 40.66417; -86.58583CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyCarrollGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total13.79 sq mi (35.7 km²) • Land13.5 sq mi (35 km²) • Water0.29 sq mi (0.8 km²)Elevation

^[1]

646 ft (197 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total447 • Density32/sq mi (13/km²)FIPS code18-65268^[3]GNIS feature ID453809

Rock Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 447 (down from 475 at 2010^[4]) and it contained 186 housing units.

History

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

District School No. 3 at Rockfield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[6]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 13.79 square miles (35.7 km²), of which 13.5 square miles (35 km²) (or 97.90%) is land and 0.29 square miles (0.75 km²) (or 2.10%) is water.^[4]

Unincorporated towns

Rockfield

Adjacent townships

Liberty (east)
Jackson (southeast)
Deer Creek (southwest)
Tippecanoe (west)
Adams (northwest)

Major highways

Indiana State Road 25

Cemeteries

The township contains four cemeteries: Brown, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Mullendore and Parks.

Education

Rock Creek Township residents may obtain a library card at the Delphi Public Library in Delphi.^[7]

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files
U.S. Board on Geographic Names

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: * Township, * 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. 86.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Libraries". Carroll County, IN. Retrieved March 4, 2018.