Salt Creek Township, Jackson County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Salt Creek Township

Township

Countryside in the township

Location in Jackson County

Coordinates: 39°00′59″N 86°14′11″W﻿ / ﻿39.01639°N 86.23639°W﻿ / 39.01639; -86.23639
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Jackson
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 43.03 sq mi (111.4 km2)
• Land| 42.83 sq mi (110.9 km2)
• Water| 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km2)  0.46%
Elevation

| 554 ft (169 m)
Population

(2020)

• Total

| 299
• Density| 6.9/sq mi (2.7/km2)
GNIS feature ID| 0453828

Salt Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Jackson County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 299 and it contained 153 housing units.[1]

Historical population Census| Pop.| Note| %±

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1890| 2,466| | —
1900| 2,538| | 2.9%
1910| 1,935| | −23.8%
1920| 754| | −61.0%
1930| 528| | −30.0%
1940| 523| | −0.9%
1950| 436| | −16.6%
1960| 357| | −18.1%
1970| 279| | −21.8%
1980| 314| | 12.5%
1990| 309| | −1.6%
2000| 309| | 0.0%
2010| 344| | 11.3%
2020| 299| | −13.1%
Source: US Decennial Census[2]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 43.03 square miles (111.4 km2), of which 42.83 square miles (110.9 km2) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km2) (or 0.46%) is water.[3] The streams of Callahan Branch, Combs Branch, Combs Creek, Fleetwood Branch, Lincoln Back Branch, Little Salt Creek, Negro Creek, Pruitt Branch and Tipton Creek run through this township.

### Unincorporated towns

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* Houston
* Maumee

### Adjacent townships

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* Washington Township, Brown County (north)
* Van Buren Township, Brown County (northeast)
* Pershing Township (east)
* Owen Township (south)
* Pleasant Run Township, Lawrence County (southwest)
* Polk Township, Monroe County (west)

### Cemeteries

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The township contains seven cemeteries: Callahan, Cornett, Cummings, Hanner, Lutes, Robinson and Thompson.

## References

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* U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
* United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
2. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
3. ^ "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

## External links

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* Indiana Township Association
* United Township Association of Indiana

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Municipalities and communities of Jackson County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Brownstown

City|

* Seymour

Map of Indiana highlighting Jackson County

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* Brownstown
* Crothersville
* Medora

Townships|

* Brownstown
* Carr
* Driftwood
* Grassy Fork
* Hamilton
* Jackson
* Owen
* Pershing
* Redding
* Salt Creek
* Vernon
* Washington

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* Cortland
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* Reddington
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* Kurtz
* Little Acre
* Maumee
* New Elizabethtown
* New Farmington
* Newry
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* Shields
* Sparksville
* Spraytown
* Surprise
* Tampico
* Uniontown
* Weddleville
* Wegan

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