Official Name: | Honey Creek Township |
Settlement Type: | Township |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | White |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 42.36 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 42.35 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Area Water Percent: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1188 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Elevation M: | 209 |
Elevation Ft: | 686 |
Coordinates: | 40.7725°N -86.8728°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 47959, 47960, 47980 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 453418 |
Honey Creek Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,188 and it contained 503 housing units.[1]
Honey Creek Township was organized in 1855.[2] The township took its name from Honey Creek.[3]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.98%) is land and (or 0.02%) is water.[4]
The one incorporated town in Honey Creek Township is Reynolds, located about five miles west of Monticello at the intersection of Indiana State Road 43 and U.S. Routes 24 and 421, and on the short Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway.
An unincorporated site named Guernsey used to exist on the eastern border with Union Township at what's now the corner of County Roads 325 North and 300 East, consisting of a railroad siding, post office (1882–1907), and grain elevator (removed c. 1950).[5] [6]
The township contains these two cemeteries: Bunnell and Swisher.