Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Pipe Creek Township

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|image_caption = Farmland in Pipe Creek Township

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|map_caption = Location in Miami County

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|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Miami

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|government_type = Indiana township

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|established_title = Organized

|established_date = 6 September 1843

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|unit_pref = Imperial

|area_total_sq_mi = 25.59

|area_land_sq_mi = 25.33

|area_water_sq_mi = 0.26

|area_water_percent = 1.02

|population_as_of = 2020

|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Pipe_Creek_township,_Miami_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1810360174 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=Apr 5, 2024}}

|population_total = 6778

|population_density_sq_mi = auto

|elevation_footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2017-05-09|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=United States Geological Survey|date=October 25, 2007}}

|elevation_m = 235

|elevation_ft = 771

|coordinates = {{coord|40|41|46|N|86|07|57|W|region:US-IN|display=inline,title}}

|timezone = Eastern (EST)

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|postal_code_type = ZIP codes

|postal_code = 46914, 46932, 46970

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Pipe Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,778 (up from 6,294 at 2010{{cite web

|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18103

|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212202954/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18103

|url-status=dead

|archive-date=2020-02-12

|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1

|publisher=United States Census

|accessdate=2013-05-10

}}) and it contained 2,926 housing units. The north three-quarters of Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base is in the southwest corner of the township.

History

Pipe Creek Township was organized by the county commissioners on September 6, 1843, and named for its largest stream, Pipe Creek.{{cite book

| last = Stephens

| first = John H.

| title = History of Miami County

| year = 1896

| publisher = The John H. Stephens Publishing House

| location = Peru, Indiana

| chapter = Pipe Creek Township

}}{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu | title=History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests | publisher=Lewis Pub. | author=Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence | year=1914 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofmiamico01bodu/page/139 139]}}

The B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 and Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{NRISref|version=2010a}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nps.gov/nr/listings/20120413.htm|title=National Register of Historic Places Listings|date=2012-04-13|work=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12|publisher=National Park Service}}

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|25.59|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|25.33|sqmi}} (or 98.98%) is land and {{convert|0.26|sqmi}} (or 1.02%) is water.

=Cities, towns, villages=

=Unincorporated towns=

  • Flora at {{coord|40.733930|-86.099993|scale:10000|display=inline}}
  • Nead at {{coord|40.707263|-86.127493|scale:10000|display=inline}}
  • Wells at {{coord|40.732263|-86.111104|scale:10000|display=inline}}

=Extinct towns=

=Cemeteries=

The township contains these four cemeteries: Garnand, Leonda, Metzger and Springdale.

=Major highways=

=Airports and landing strips=

  • Weed Field Airport

School districts

  • Maconaquah School Corporation

Political districts

References

  • {{cite gnis|0453742|Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana|2009-09-29}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130605223247/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger/tgrshp2008/tgrshp2008.html United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles]
  • [http://www.indianamap.org/ IndianaMap]