| Official Name: | Buck Creek, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 290px |
| Coordinates: | 40.4875°N -86.7614°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Tippecanoe |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Washington |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 0.34 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Area Land Km2: | 0.34 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 663 |
| Population Total: | 182 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Km2: | 530.61 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 1378.79 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 47924 |
| Area Code: | 765 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-08794[2] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2583446 |
Buck Creek is an unincorporated census-designated place in Washington Township, Tippecanoe County, in the U.S. state of Indiana.
It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Buck Creek was originally called Transitville.[3]
A post office was established under the name Transitville in 1858, and was renamed Buck Creek in 1885., it remains in operation.[4]
Buck Creek sits at the intersection of Tippecanoe County Road 750 East and a northeast-southwest Norfolk Southern railroad line between the cities of Lafayette and Delphi. The creek for which Buck Creek is named originates east in Carroll County near Ockley, flows westward along the northern edge of the community, and meets the Wabash River approximately to the west.
The population of Buck Creek in the 2020 US census is 182 and the population density is 1,378.79/sq mi.
Public education for residents of Buck Creek is provided by the Tippecanoe School Corporation.[5]