| Official Name: | Deer Creek Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Mapsize: | 290px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Carroll |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 43.94 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 43.7 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.24 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 4566 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 191 |
| Elevation Ft: | 627 |
| Coordinates: | 40.5875°N -86.6331°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-17236[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453257 |
Deer Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,566 (slightly down from 4,571 at 2010[4]) and it contained 1,975 housing units.
Deer Creek Township was organized in 1828.[5]
The Baum-Shaeffer Farm, Carrollton Bridge, Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District, Delphi Lime Kilns, Lock No. 33 Lock Keeper's House, and Wabash and Erie Canal Lock No. 33, Fred and Minnie Raber Farm, Sunset Point, and Wilson Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.45%) is land and (or 0.55%) is water.[4]
The township contains eight cemeteries: Bostetter, Delphi, Mears, Robinson, Saint Josephs, Sharp Point, Whistler and Wingard.