Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

Silver Creek Township

Township

Location of Silver Creek Township in Clark County

Coordinates: 38°23′40″N 85°45′42″W﻿ / ﻿38.39444°N 85.76167°W﻿ / 38.39444; -85.76167
Country| United States
State| Indiana
County| Clark
Government

• Type| Indiana township
Area

• Total

| 16.98 sq mi (44.0 km2)
• Land| 16.72 sq mi (43.3 km2)
• Water| 0.27 sq mi (0.7 km2)
Elevation

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| 472 ft (144 m)
Population

(2020)[2]

• Total

| 13,804
• Density| 709.3/sq mi (273.9/km2)
FIPS code| 18-69696[3]
GNIS feature ID| 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]

## History

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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]

## Geography

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According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 16.98 square miles (44.0 km2), of which 16.72 square miles (43.3 km2) (or 98.47%) is land and 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2) (or 1.59%) is water.[4]

### Cities and towns

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* Clarksville (north quarter)
* Sellersburg

### Unincorporated towns

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* Hamburg
* Speed

### Adjacent townships

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* Union Township (north)
* Charlestown Township (northeast)
* Utica Township (east)
* Jeffersonville Township (south)
* New Albany Township, Floyd County (southwest)
* Carr Township (northwest)

### Major highways

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* Interstate 65
* U.S. Route 31
* State Road 60
* State Road 311
* State Road 403

### Cemeteries

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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]

## See also

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* Silver Creek High School, located in the township

## References

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

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
4. ^ a b "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.
5. ^ History of the Ohio Falls Cities and Their Counties: Precincts of Jefferson County, Ky. General histories of Clark and Floyd counties, Ind. New Albany and Floyd County. Clark County and Jeffersonville. L. A. Williams & Company. 1882. p. 383.
6. ^ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. pp. 23.
7. ^ Mauk, Lois. "Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries". usgennet.org. USGenNet. Retrieved September 7, 2014.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.

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Municipalities and communities of Clark County, Indiana, United States

County seat: Jeffersonville

Cities|

* Charlestown
* Jeffersonville

Map of Indiana highlighting Clark County

Towns|

* Borden
* Clarksville
* Sellersburg
* Utica

Townships|

* Bethlehem
* Carr
* Charlestown
* Jeffersonville
* Monroe
* Oregon
* Owen
* Silver Creek
* Union
* Utica
* Washington
* Wood

CDPs|

* Henryville
* Memphis
* New Washington
* Otisco
* Underwood

Other
communities|

* Arctic Springs
* Bennettsville
* Bethlehem
* Blue Lick
* Broom Hill
* Carwood
* Cementville
* Hamburg
* Hibernia
* Marysville
* Nabb‡
* New Market
* Oak Park
* Otto
* Prather
* River Ridge
* Speed
* Springville
* Starlight
* Sunset Village
* Watson
* Wilson

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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