| Official Name: | Buck Creek Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Hancock |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.02 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 35.93 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0.25 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 9304 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 234.6 |
| Elevation M: | 258 |
| Elevation Ft: | 846 |
| Coordinates: | 39.8272°N -85.8983°W |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 0453145 |
Buck Creek Township is one of nine townships in Hancock County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 8,430 and it contained 3,158 housing units.[2]
Buck Creek Township was established in 1831.[3] It was named from Buck Creek, its largest waterway.[4]
Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon No. 37396 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.75%) is land and (or 0.25%) is water.[2] The streams of Amity Branch, Lead Creek and Snider Branch run through this township.
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
The township contains nine cemeteries: Arnett, Burris, Fish, Griffith, Mount Pleasant, Pet, Scotten, Snider and Steele.