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: | Howard |
Government Type: | Indiana township |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 14.72 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 14.72 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
Area Water Percent: | 0 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 2344 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 143.3 |
Elevation M: | 259 |
Elevation Ft: | 850 |
Coordinates: | 40.4139°N -86.2703°W |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 0453416 |
Honey Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,344, up from 2,109 in 2010.[1] The township is served by the Russiaville Post Office.
Honey Creek was organized in 1841 as a township in the northeastern corner of neighboring Clinton County. The township's early population tended to be politically Republican, so the Republican party in Howard County and the Democrats in Clinton County collaborated to have Honey Creek Township removed from Clinton and added in 1850 to Howard.[2]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, all land.[1] The stream of Squirrel Creek runs through this township.