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Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Decatur

GNIS feature ID
  
453832

Local time
  
Tuesday 4:07 AM

State
  
Indiana

FIPS code
  
18-67734

Elevation
  
261 m

Population
  
3,120 (2010)

Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana

Weather
  
9°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 91% Humidity

Area
  
111.9 km² (111.8 km² Land / 10 ha Water)

Sand Creek Township is one of nine townships in Decatur County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,120 and it contained 1,331 housing units.

Contents

Map of Sandcreek Township, IN, USA

History

Sand Creek Township was organized in 1825.

Westport Covered Bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 43.21 square miles (111.9 km2), of which 43.17 square miles (111.8 km2) (or 99.91%) is land and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) (or 0.09%) is water.

Cities and towns

  • Westport
  • Unincorporated towns

  • Gaynorsville
  • Harper
  • Harris City
  • Letts
  • Letts Corner
  • Mapleton Corner
  • Neff Corner
  • Pinhook
  • (This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

    Adjacent townships

  • Washington Township (northeast)
  • Marion Township (east)
  • Columbia Township, Jennings County (southeast)
  • Sand Creek Township, Jennings County (south)
  • Jackson Township (west)
  • Clay Township (northwest)
  • Major highways

  • Indiana State Road 3
  • Cemeteries

    The township contains seven cemeteries: Eddleman, Finley, Horseshoe Bend, Mapleton, Old Burk (aka Vanderbur Cemetery), Rodney and Westport.

    References

    Sand Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana Wikipedia