Honey Creek Township, White County, Indiana
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| official_name = Honey Creek Township
| settlement_type = Township
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| image_map = Map highlighting Honey Creek Township, White County, Indiana.svg
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Indiana
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = White
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| government_type = Indiana township
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| area_total_sq_mi = 42.36
| area_land_sq_mi = 42.35
| area_water_sq_mi = 0.01
| area_water_percent = 0.02
| population_as_of = 2020
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| population_total = 1188
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| elevation_m = 209
| elevation_ft = 686
| coordinates = {{coord|40|46|21|N|86|52|22|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code = 47959, 47960, 47980
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Honey Creek Township is one of twelve townships in White County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,188 and it contained 503 housing units.{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Honey_Creek_township,_White_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1818134564 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=data.census.gov}}
Honey Creek Township was organized in 1855.{{cite book|last=Hamelle|first=W. H.|title=A Standard History of White County, Indiana: An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with an Extended Survey of Modern Developments in the Progress of Town and Country|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVA0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA249|year=1915|publisher=Unigraphic|page=249}} The township took its name from Honey Creek.{{cite book|title=Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana: Historical and Biographical|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8i8VAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA126|year=1883|publisher=F.A. Battey & Company|page=126}}
{{US Census population
| footnote = Source: US Decennial Census{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/population/PopTotals/historic_counts_twps.asp|title = Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana}}
| 1890 = 893
| 1900 = 1215
| 1910 = 946
| 1920 = 871
| 1930 = 596
| 1940 = 772
| 1950 = 651
| 1960 = 632
| 1970 = 614
| 1980 = 570
| 1990 = 569
| 2000 = 590
| 2010 = 585
| 2020 = 583
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Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|42.36|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|42.35|sqmi}} (or 99.98%) is land and {{convert|0.01|sqmi}} (or 0.02%) is water.{{cite web |title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County – County Subdivision and Place – 2010 Census Summary File 1 |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18181 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212203612/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18181 |archive-date=2020-02-12 |accessdate=2013-05-10 |publisher=United States Census}}
=Cities, towns, villages=
The one incorporated town in Honey Creek Township is Reynolds, located about five miles west of Monticello at the intersection of Indiana State Road 43 and U.S. Routes 24 and 421, and on the short Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway.
An unincorporated site named Guernsey used to exist on the eastern border with Union Township at what's now the corner of County Roads 325 North and 300 East, consisting of a railroad siding, post office (1882–1907), and grain elevator (removed c. 1950).{{cite web | url = https://monon.org/bygone_site/bygone/monticello.php | title = Quarry Road, south of Monon, Indiana | website = Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society | access-date = 11 September 2022}}{{cite map | url = http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/214880/Honey+Creek+Township++Reynolds++Guernsey+P+O/White+County+1896/Indiana/ | title = Honey Creek Township, Reynolds, Guernsey P.O. | year = 1896 | publisher = Geo. A. Ogle & Co. | access-date = 11 September 2022}}
=Adjacent townships=
- Monon Township (north)
- Union Township (east)
- Big Creek Township (south)
- West Point Township (southwest)
- Princeton Township (west)
=Cemeteries=
The township contains these two cemeteries: Bunnell and Swisher.
=Airports and landing strips=
- Klopfenstein Airport
School districts
- North White School Corporation
Political districts
- Indiana's 4th congressional district
- State House District 16
- State Senate District 07
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080405165306/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2007/tgrshp2007.html United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
- [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
- [http://www.indianamap.org/ IndianaMap]
External links
- [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
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