Rockcreek Township, Wells County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
40°46′48″N 85°16′43″W / 40.78000°N 85.27861°W / 40.78000; -85.27861[1]
(2020)[2]
46714, 46750, 46770, 46791
Rockcreek Township is one of nine townships in Wells County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,593 (up from 1,579 at 2010[3]) and it contained 679 housing units.[2]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.91 square miles (93.0 km2), of which 35.57 square miles (92.1 km2) (or 99.05%) is land and 0.34 square miles (0.88 km2) (or 0.95%) is water.[3]
Cities, towns, villages
- Markle (east half)
- Uniondale (southwest half)
Unincorporated towns
- Rockford at 40°45′36″N 85°18′49″W / 40.760047°N 85.313583°W / 40.760047; -85.313583
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
- Banner City – a hamlet about a mile west of Uniondale on the abandoned Erie Lackawanna railway section between Uniondale and Markle.[4] It was made a station of the old Chicago & Atlantic Railway about 1887,[5] which reorganized as the Chicago & Erie Railroad from 1890 to 1941. The old right-of-way could become part of an extended Erie Lackawanna Trail. Part of the hamlet may be in Union Township.
Adjacent townships
- Union Township (north)
- Jefferson Township (northeast)
- Lancaster Township (east)
- Harrison Township (southeast)
- Liberty Township (south)
- Salamonie Township, Huntington County (southwest)
- Rock Creek Township, Huntington County (west)
- Union Township, Huntington County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Horeb, Sparks and Spider Hill.
Rivers
School districts
- Northern Wells Community Schools
Political districts
- Indiana's 6th congressional district
- State House District 82
- State Senate District 19
References
- United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
- IndianaMap
- History of Rockcreek High School, Rockcreek Township
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ a b "Census Bureau profile: Rockcreek Township, Wells County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 1977 General Highway and Transportation Map, Wells County, Indiana. Division of Planning, Indiana State Highway Commission. Accessed 27 April 2023.
- ^ Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties Indiana. Editors Tyndall and Lesh. Page 450. Accessed 27 April 2023.
External links
- Indiana Township Association
- United Township Association of Indiana