Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana
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|settlement_type = Township
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|image_map = Map highlighting Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana.svg
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|map_caption = Location of Sugar Creek Township in Boone County
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Indiana
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Boone
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|government_type = Indiana township
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|area_total_sq_mi = 33.59
|area_land_sq_mi = 33.57
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.03
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_footnotes = {{cite web |date=May 2023 |title=Census Bureau profile: Sugar Creek Township, Boone County, Indiana |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Sugar_Creek_township,_Boone_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1801173844 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 24, 2024}}
|population_total = 2172
|population_density_sq_mi = 66.8
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|elevation_m = 248
|elevation_ft = 814
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|blank_info = 18-73844{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}
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Sugar Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Boone County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 2,243 and it contained 919 housing units.{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18011
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212203415/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18011
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|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
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Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|33.59|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|33.57|sqmi}} (or 99.94%) is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi}} (or 0.09%) is water. The township is named for the Sugar Creek.
=Cities and towns=
=Adjacent townships=
- Jefferson (south)
- Washington (east)
- Franklin Township, Montgomery County (southwest)
- Jackson Township, Clinton County (northeast)
- Perry Township, Clinton County (north)
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=Cemeteries=
The township contains seven cemeteries: Gipson, Sugar Plain, Old Cemetery, Walnut Grove, Green, Curry and Maple Lawn.
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513095013/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]
- [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names]
External links
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- [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
- [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
{{Boone County, Indiana}}
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