Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Millcreek Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Fountain
Government Type:Indiana township
Area Total Sq Mi:42.94
Area Land Sq Mi:42.71
Area Water Sq Mi:0.24
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1385
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Elevation M:211
Elevation Ft:692
Coordinates:40.0092°N -87.2581°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-49392
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:453627

Millcreek Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,385 and it contained 791 housing units.[1]

History

The Clinton F. Hesler Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.46%) is land and (or 0.56%) is water.[2] It contains the town of Kingman in the southwest along Indiana State Road 234. The unincorporated community of Centennial, with its cemetery of the same name, lies to the northeast on U.S. Route 41;[3] further north, at the intersection with Indiana State Road 32,[4] lies Steam Corner. Harveysburg is north of Kingman and Yeddo is west of Centennial.

Education

Millcreek Township residents may obtain a free library card at the Kingman-Millcreek Public Library in Kingman.[5]

References

  1. Web site: Explore Census Data . 2024-04-13 . data.census.gov.
  2. Web site: Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County  - County Subdivision and Place  - 2010 Census Summary File 1 . dead . https://archive.today/20200212202329/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18045 . 2020-02-12 . 2013-05-10 . United States Census.
  3. Web site: U.S. Route 41 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101207170849/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=2041&section=1 . 2010-12-07 .
  4. Web site: State Road 32 . Highway Explorer . 2010-09-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110711165648/http://www.highwayexplorer.com/EndsPage.php?id=1032&section=1 . 2011-07-11 .
  5. Web site: About us . Kingman-Millcreek Public Library . 7 March 2018.

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