| Official Name: | Silver Creek Township |
| Settlement Type: | Township |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indiana |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Clark |
| Government Type: | Indiana township |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 16.98 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 16.72 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.27 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 13804 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 709.3 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 144 |
| Elevation Ft: | 472 |
| Coordinates: | 38.3944°N -85.7617°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 18-69696[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 453848 |
Silver Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Clark County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,858 and it contained 4,858 housing units.[4]
Silver Creek Township was established in or before 1815, but when exactly is uncertain because records have been lost.[5] The township takes its name from Silver Creek, the largest stream in Clark County.[6]
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 98.47%) is land and (or 1.59%) is water.[4]
The township contains several cemeteries: Bottorff/Couch, Cremer/Kramer, Cunningham, Hendricks (a.k.a. Sarles Cemetery and Hell's Half Acre), Hopewell Baptist Church, Jenkins, Lehmanowsky, Phelps, Poindexter, Plum Run, Sellersburg, Smith Cemetery, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Francis Wells Family (a.k.a. Francis Wells), Whalen [7]