Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana
Clear Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,000 and it contained 2,674 housing units.[3]
Clear Creek Township | |
|---|---|
A farmhouse in northern Clear Creek Township | |
| Motto: Busiest Little Township in Indiana | |
Location in Monroe County | |
| Coordinates: 39°02′01″N 86°30′56″W / 39.03361°N 86.51556°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Indiana |
| County | Monroe |
| Government | |
| • Type | Indiana township |
| • Trustee | Thelma Kelley Jeffries |
| Area | |
| • Total | 37.9 sq mi (98 km2) |
| • Land | 30.87 sq mi (80.0 km2) |
| • Water | 7.03 sq mi (18.2 km2) 18.55% |
| Elevation | 702 ft (214 m) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,309 |
| • Density | 162/sq mi (63/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
| ZIP codes | 47401, 47403, 47436, 47462 |
| Area code(s) | 812, 930 |
| GNIS feature ID | 453222 |
History edit
Joseph Mitchell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[4]
Geography edit
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.9 square miles (98 km2), of which 30.87 square miles (80.0 km2) (or 81.45%) is land and 7.03 square miles (18.2 km2) (or 18.55%) is water.[3]
Unincorporated towns edit
- Fairfax at 39°00′29″N 86°28′50″W / 39.008105°N 86.48055°W
- Harrodsburg at 39°00′48″N 86°32′42″W / 39.013382°N 86.544996°W
- Smithville at 39°04′16″N 86°30′25″W / 39.071159°N 86.50694°W
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Monroe County's Clear Creek Town is not located in Clear Creek Township, but rather in Perry Township, just north of Clear Creek Township's border. Both the town and the township are named after the same eponymous creek, which flows from the north to the south through both of them.
Cemeteries edit
Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) operates three active cemeteries, which includes the marking and selling of plots, marking for headstones, meeting with family members and marking burial sites for their family member, all maintenance, mowing and trimming, filling in grave sites, removing funeral floral arrangements, leveling and sowing grass seed and straw, cleaning up after rain and/or wind storms which blow flowers off grave sites.
Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) has an additional 26 cemeteries in the township. Four cemeteries were moved due to the construction of Lake Monroe.
Deeds are recorded in office of the Recorder of Monroe County. Thelma Kelley Jeffries is the trustee of the township.
Clear Creek Township contains 29 cemeteries.[citation needed]
Major highways edit
School districts edit
- Monroe County Community School Corporation
Political districts edit
- Indiana's 9th congressional district
- State House District 60
- State Senate District 44
References edit
- "Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 2009.
- IndianaMap
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
External links edit
- Clear Creek Township Government page
- Clear Creek Township Cemeteries page
- Indiana Township Association
- United Township Association of Indiana
- City-Data.com page for Clear Creek Township