Blue Creek Township | |
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![]() Location in Adams County | |
Coordinates: 40°41′59″N84°50′12″W / 40.69972°N 84.83667°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Adams |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 24.3 sq mi (63 km2) |
• Land | 24.3 sq mi (63 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Elevation | 817 ft (249 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,540 |
• Density | 63/sq mi (24/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 46711, 46733, 46772 |
GNIS feature ID | 453116 |
Blue Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. [2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,540. [1] The majority of the Township, some two thirds, speak an Amish form of Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect, as their mother tongue. [3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.3 square miles (63 km2), all land. [4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 1,212 | — | |
1900 | 1,217 | 0.4% | |
1910 | 1,168 | −4.0% | |
1920 | 929 | −20.5% | |
1930 | 726 | −21.9% | |
1940 | 780 | 7.4% | |
1950 | 725 | −7.1% | |
1960 | 692 | −4.6% | |
1970 | 728 | 5.2% | |
1980 | 813 | 11.7% | |
1990 | 873 | 7.4% | |
2000 | 1,195 | 36.9% | |
2010 | 1,440 | 20.5% | |
2020 | 1,540 | 6.9% | |
2021 (est.) | 1,579 | [1] | 2.5% |
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The township contains the following cemeteries: Blue Creek Amish, Sipe (no longer exists), Tricker (Blue Creek), and Willard (Mt. Hope).
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