Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana

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Silver Creek Township
Township
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Location of Silver Creek Township in Clark County
Coordinates: 38°23′40″N85°45′42″W / 38.39444°N 85.76167°W / 38.39444; -85.76167 Coordinates: 38°23′40″N85°45′42″W / 38.39444°N 85.76167°W / 38.39444; -85.76167
Country United States
State Indiana
County Clark
Government
 • Type Indiana township
Area
 • Total16.98 sq mi (44.0 km2)
 • Land16.72 sq mi (43.3 km2)
 • Water0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation
[1]
472 ft (144 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total11,858
 • Density709.3/sq mi (273.9/km2)
FIPS code 18-69696 [2]
GNIS feature ID 453848

Silver Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,858 and it contained 4,858 housing units. [3]

Contents

History

Silver Creek Township was established in or before 1815, but when exactly is uncertain because records have been lost. [4] The township takes its name from Silver Creek, the largest stream in Clark County. [5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 16.98 square miles (44.0 km2), of which 16.72 square miles (43.3 km2) (or 98.47%) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2) (or 1.59%) is water. [3]

Cities and towns

Unincorporated towns

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains several cemeteries: Bottorff/Couch, Cremer/Kramer, Cunningham, Hendricks (a.k.a. Sarles Cemetery and Hell's Half Acre), Hopewell Baptist Church, Jenkins, Lehmanowsky, Phelps, Poindexter, Plum Run, Sellersburg, Smith Cemetery, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Francis Wells Family (a.k.a. Francis Wells), Whalen [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved 2008-01-31.
  3. 1 2 "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 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  4. ↑ History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: Precincts of Jefferson County, Ky. General histories of Clark and Floyd counties, Ind. New Albany and Floyd County. Clark County and Jeffersonville. L. A. Williams & Company. 1882. p.  383.
  5. ↑ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. pp.  23.
  6. ↑ Mauk, Lois. "Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries". usgennet.org. USGenNet. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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