Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

38°23′40″N 85°45′42″W / 38.39444°N 85.76167°W / 38.39444; -85.76167CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyClarkGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total16.98 sq mi (44.0 km²) • Land16.72 sq mi (43.3 km²) • Water0.27 sq mi (0.7 km²)Elevation

^[1]

472 ft (144 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total13,804 • Density709.3/sq mi (273.9/km²)FIPS code18-69696^[3]GNIS feature ID453848

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

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

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

Clarksville (north quarter)
Sellersburg

Unincorporated towns

Hamburg
Speed

Adjacent townships

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

Major highways

Cemeteries

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]

References

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

^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Census Bureau profile: Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 2024.
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ ^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.
^ 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.
^ Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana. Chicago Printing Company. 1889. pp. 23.
^ Mauk, Lois. "Clark County, Indiana Cemeteries". usgennet.org. USGenNet. Retrieved September 7, 2014.