Honey Creek Township, White County, Indiana Explained

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]

Geography

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]

Cities, towns, villages

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]

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Bunnell and Swisher.

Airports and landing strips

School districts

Political districts

References

  1. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-14 . data.census.gov.
  2. Book: Hamelle, W. H.. A Standard History of White County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country. 1915. Unigraphic. 249.
  3. Book: Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. 1883. F.A. Battey & Company. 126.
  4. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County  - County Subdivision and Place  - 2010 Census Summary File 1 . dead . https://archive.today/20200212203612/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18181 . 2020-02-12 . 2013-05-10 . United States Census.
  5. Web site: Quarry Road, south of Monon, Indiana . Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society . 11 September 2022.
  6. Honey Creek Township, Reynolds, Guernsey P.O. . 1896 . Geo. A. Ogle & Co. . 11 September 2022.

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