Official Name: | Deer Creek Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Cass |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 36.13 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 36.13 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 897 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 25.2 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 228 |
Elevation Ft: | 748 |
Coordinates: | 40.6036°N -86.3106°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-17254[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453258 |
Deer Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Cass County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 897 (down from 912 at 2010[4]) and contained 374 housing units.
Deer Creek Township was organized in 1842.[5] Deer Creek Township was named from Deer Creek, which was named from herds of wild deer that were often seen near its banks.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[4]
The township contains three cemeteries: Harness, Hoover-Snider and Miller.