Honey Creek Township, White County, Indiana

Honey Creek Township
Township
Location in White County
Location in White County
Coordinates: 40°46′21″N 86°52′22″W / 40.77250°N 86.87278°W / 40.77250; -86.87278
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyWhite
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
42.36 sq mi (109.7 km2)
 • Land42.35 sq mi (109.7 km2)
 • Water0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2)  0.02%
Elevation
686 ft (209 m)
Population
 (2020)
 • Total
1,188
 • Density28/sq mi (11/km2)
ZIP codes
47959, 47960, 47980
GNIS feature ID453418

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.[1]

Honey Creek Township was organized in 1855.[2] The township took its name from Honey Creek.[3]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
1890893—
19001,21536.1%
1910946−22.1%
1920871−7.9%
1930596−31.6%
194077229.5%
1950651−15.7%
1960632−2.9%
1970614−2.8%
1980570−7.2%
1990569−0.2%
20005903.7%
2010585−0.8%
2020583−0.3%
Source: US Decennial Census[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.36 square miles (109.7 km2), of which 42.35 square miles (109.7 km2) (or 99.98%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.026 km2) (or 0.02%) is water.[5]

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).[6][7]

Adjacent townships

Cemeteries

The township contains these two cemeteries: Bunnell and Swisher.

Airports and landing strips

  • Klopfenstein Airport

School districts

  • North White School Corporation

Political districts

References

  1. ^ "Explore Census Data". data.census.gov. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
  2. ^ Hamelle, W. H. (1915). 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. Unigraphic. p. 249.
  3. ^ Counties of White and Pulaski, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. F.A. Battey & Company. 1883. p. 126.
  4. ^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana".
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Quarry Road, south of Monon, Indiana". Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  7. ^ Honey Creek Township, Reynolds, Guernsey P.O. (Map). Geo. A. Ogle & Co. 1896. Retrieved September 11, 2022.