Salt Creek Township, Franklin County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Salt Creek Township
Township
Location of Salt Creek Township in Franklin County
Coordinates: 39°24′59″N 85°14′12″W / 39.41639°N 85.23667°W / 39.41639; -85.23667
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Franklin
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	27.24 sq mi (70.6 km)
• Land	27.14 sq mi (70.3 km)
• Water	0.1 sq mi (0.3 km)
Elevation	860 ft (262 m)
Population
• Total	969
• Density	36/sq mi (14/km)
FIPS code	18-67554
GNIS feature ID	453827

Salt Creek Township is one of thirteen townships in Franklin County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 969, down from 1,004 at 2010.

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,073	—
1900	849	−20.9%
1910	699	−17.7%
1920	673	−3.7%
1930	701	4.2%
1940	767	9.4%
1950	837	9.1%
1960	774	−7.5%
1970	727	−6.1%
1980	821	12.9%
1990	868	5.7%
2000	943	8.6%
2010	1,004	6.5%
2020	969	−3.5%
Source: US Decennial Census

History

Salt Creek Township was established in 1844.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 27.24 square miles (70.6 km), of which 27.14 square miles (70.3 km) (or 99.63%) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km) (or 0.37%) is water.

Unincorporated towns

Peppertown

Adjacent townships

Major highways

Indiana State Road 229

Cemeteries

The township contains six cemeteries: Barnes, Bowman, Marlin, Saint Annes, Saint Nicholas and Stipps Hill.

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.
"Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "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.
"Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
Reifel, August Jacob (1915). History of Franklin County, Indiana. Windmill Publications. pp. 171.

External links

v t e Municipalities and communities of Franklin County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Brookville
City	Batesville‡	Map of Indiana highlighting Franklin County
Towns	Brookville Cedar Grove Laurel Mount Carmel Oldenburg
Townships	Bath Blooming Grove Brookville Butler Fairfield Highland Laurel Metamora Posey Ray Salt Creek Springfield Whitewater
CDPs	Andersonville Blooming Grove Hamburg Lake Santee‡ Lake View Lakeshore Resort Metamora New Trenton Peppertown
Other communities	Bath Buena Vista Drewersburg Enochsburg Highland Center Huntersville Klemmes Corner Midway Millville Mixersville Mound Haven Mount Auburn New Fairfield Oak Forest Old Bath Palestine Peoria Raymond Rockdale Saint Marys Saint Peter Scipio‡ Sharptown South Gate Stavetown Whitcomb Yellow Bank Youngs Corner
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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