Official Name: | Blue Creek Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Adams |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.3 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.3 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Area Water Percent: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1540 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation M: | 249 |
Elevation Ft: | 817 |
Coordinates: | 40.6997°N -84.8367°W |
Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
Utc Offset: | -5 |
Timezone Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 46711, 46733, 46772 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453116 |
Blue Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana.[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,540.[1] The majority of the Township, some two thirds, speak an Amish form of Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect, as their mother tongue.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4]
The township contains the following cemeteries: Blue Creek Amish, Sipe (no longer exists), Tricker (Blue Creek), and Willard (Mt. Hope).