Sugar Creek Township, Clinton County, Indiana
Encyclopedia
Sugar Creek Township is one of fourteen townships
in Clinton County, Indiana
. As of the 2000 census
, its population was 486. The township is named for the stream that flows southwest through it.
The area's residents petitioned in 1841 for their own township, a request granted by the county commissioners who formed Sugar Creek Township from a portion of Jackson
.
Township (United States)
A township in the United States is a small geographic area. Townships range in size from 6 to 54 square miles , with being the norm.The term is used in three ways....
in Clinton County, Indiana
Clinton County, Indiana
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,866 people, 12,545 households, and 9,057 families residing in the county. The population density was 84 people per square mile . There were 13,267 housing units at an average density of 33 per square mile...
. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
, its population was 486. The township is named for the stream that flows southwest through it.
History
The first settler in the area of Sugar Creek Township was Williams Harris, who arrived in 1828, built a cabin and hunted and fished in the wilderness — he was the only white inhabitant for four years, until the arrival of farmer Abner Dunn and his family in 1832, then Merrill Cooper and blacksmith W. V. McKinney in 1835. Though originally slow, settlement in the township increased in the 1840s and by 1850 its population was 477; by 1860 it was 719, in 1870 it was 964, and in 1880 it was 1410.The area's residents petitioned in 1841 for their own township, a request granted by the county commissioners who formed Sugar Creek Township from a portion of Jackson
Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana
Jackson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,218. The township was named for President Andrew Jackson.-History:...
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Adjacent townships
- Johnson TownshipJohnson Township, Clinton County, IndianaJohnson Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 624. The township was named for Richard M...
(north) - Jefferson Township, Tipton CountyJefferson Township, Tipton County, IndianaJefferson Township is one of six townships in Tipton County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,486.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, Jefferson Township covers an area of .-Unincorporated towns:...
(east) - Adams Township, Hamilton CountyAdams Township, Hamilton County, IndianaAdams Township is one of nine townships in Hamilton County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 4,892.-Geography:Adams Township covers an area of...
(southeast) - Marion Township, Boone CountyMarion Township, Boone County, IndianaMarion Township is one of twelve townships in Boone County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,359.-Geography:Marion Township covers an area of ; of this is water.-Adjacent townships:* Center * Clinton...
(south) - Kirklin TownshipKirklin Township, Clinton County, IndianaKirklin Township is one of fourteen townships in Clinton County, Indiana. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,370.-History:The township was organized in 1837 from a piece of Jackson Township and named for Nathan Kirk, a local pioneer and the first settler in the eastern half of the county...
(west)
Major highways
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Indiana State Road 28Indiana State Road 28State Road 28 is an east–west road in central Indiana in the United States that crosses the entire state from east to west, covering a distance of about and passing about to the north of the state capitol of Indianapolis.-Route description:... -
Indiana State Road 38Indiana State Road 38State Road 38 in the U.S. State of Indiana serves as a connection between Lafayette in the west and Richmond in the east.-Route description:State Road 38 begins in Lafayette with State Road 25 and U.S. Route 52. There is an interchange with Interstate 65 at exit 168. It proceeds east-southeast...