Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°24′50″N 86°16′13″W / 40.41389°N 86.27028°W / 40.41389; -86.27028CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyHowardGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total14.72 sq mi (38.1 km²) • Land14.72 sq mi (38.1 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%Elevation

850 ft (259 m)Population

(2020)

• Total2,344 • Density143.3/sq mi (55.3/km²)GNIS feature ID0453416

Honey Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,344, up from 2,109 in 2010.^[1] The township is served by the Russiaville Post Office.

History

Honey Creek was organized in 1841 as a township in the northeastern corner of neighboring Clinton County. The township's early population tended to be politically Republican, so the Republican party in Howard County and the Democrats in Clinton County collaborated to have Honey Creek Township removed from Clinton and added in 1850 to Howard.^[2]

Geography

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
2000	1,966	—
2010	2,109	7.3%
2020	2,344	11.1%
U.S. Census^[3]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 14.72 square miles (38.1 km²), all land.^[1] The stream of Squirrel Creek runs through this township.

Cities and towns

Russiaville

Adjacent townships

Harrison Township (east)
Prairie Township, Tipton County (southeast)
Forest Township, Clinton County (southwest)
Monroe Township (northwest)

Major highways

SR 26

Schools

References

"Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

^ ^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.
^ Claybaugh, Joseph (1913). History of Clinton County, Indiana. Indianapolis: A. W. Bowen & Company. pp. 117–118.
^ "US Census Data". US Government Census Agency. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.