Official Name: | Eagle Creek Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Lake |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Established Title: | founded |
Established Date: | 1839 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 56.01 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 55.84 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.16 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 1719 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 29.9 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
Elevation M: | 199 |
Elevation Ft: | 653 |
Coordinates: | 41.2822°N -87.2822°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 18-19306[3] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 453270 |
Eagle Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Lake County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,668 and it contained 709 housing units.[4]
Eagle Creek Township was established in 1839.[5]
The Kingsbury-Doak Farmhouse was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.70%) is land and (or 0.29%) is water.[4]
Eagle Creek Township, along with Cedar Creek Township and West Creek Township, is served by the Tri-Creek School Corporation which includes Lowell High School.