| Official Name: | Coal Creek, Indiana |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Mapsize: | 150px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Indiana Fountain County |
| Pushpin Label: | Coal Creek |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Coal Creek's location in Fountain County |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Fountain |
| Subdivision Type3: | Township |
| Subdivision Name3: | Wabash |
| Coordinates: | 40.0364°N -87.3806°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 630 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 47932 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-13996[1] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 432703 |
Coal Creek is an unincorporated community in Wabash Township, Fountain County, Indiana, originally established as "Headley's Mills." According to Records of the U.S. Post Office Department, the name was changed by postmaster Samuel I. Snoddy to "Snoddy's Mills" on 24 October 1864, then changed again by postmaster John D. Orahood to "Coal Creek" on 11 July 1888.[2]
The namesake body of water Coal Creek was so named from deposits of coal along its banks.[3]