Salt Creek Township, Decatur County, Indiana
Township in Indiana, United States
39°18′34″N 85°20′31″W / 39.30944°N 85.34194°W / 39.30944; -85.34194[1]
(2020)
Salt Creek Township is one of nine townships in Decatur County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,160 (down from 1,179 at 2010[3]) and it contained 475 housing units.[4]
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
---|---|---|---|
1890 | 1,733 | — | |
1900 | 1,532 | −11.6% | |
1910 | 1,228 | −19.8% | |
1920 | 1,237 | 0.7% | |
1930 | 1,114 | −9.9% | |
1940 | 1,109 | −0.4% | |
1950 | 1,023 | −7.8% | |
1960 | 1,009 | −1.4% | |
1970 | 1,192 | 18.1% | |
1980 | 1,119 | −6.1% | |
1990 | 1,187 | 6.1% | |
2000 | 1,174 | −1.1% | |
2010 | 1,179 | 0.4% | |
2020 | 1,160 | −1.6% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[5] |
History
Salt Creek Township was organized in 1836.[6]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 29.86 square miles (77.3 km2), all land.[3]
Cities and towns
Unincorporated towns
- Enochsburg
- Mechanicsburg
- New Pennington
- Rossburg
- Smiths Crossing
- Smyrna
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Adjacent townships
- Fugit Township (north)
- Ray Township, Franklin County (east)
- Laughery Township, Ripley County (southeast)
- Jackson Township, Ripley County (south)
- Marion Township (southwest)
- Washington Township (west)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains two cemeteries: Maple and Ross.
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
- ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
- ^ Harding, Lewis Albert (1915). History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. B.F. Bowen. p. 95.
External links
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- Clinton
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- Sand Creek
- Washington
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