Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, Indiana

Sugar Creek Township
Township
Coordinates: 39°33′49″N 85°54′55″W / 39.56361°N 85.91528°W / 39.56361; -85.91528
CountryUnited States
StateIndiana
CountyShelby
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
24.01 sq mi (62.2 km2)
 • Land23.9 sq mi (62 km2)
 • Water0.11 sq mi (0.3 km2)
Elevation
[1]
764 ft (233 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
1,085
 • Density45.4/sq mi (17.5/km2)
FIPS code18-73952[3]
GNIS feature ID453885

Sugar Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Shelby County, Indiana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,086 and it contained 412 housing units.[4]

Sugar Creek Township was organized in 1840.[5]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.01 square miles (62.2 km2), of which 23.9 square miles (62 km2) (or 99.54%) is land and 0.11 square miles (0.28 km2) (or 0.46%) is water.[4]

Unincorporated towns

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  2. ^ "Census Bureau profile: Sugar Creek Township, Shelby County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ History of Shelby County, Indiana: From the Earliest Time to the Present, with Biographical Sketches, Notes, Etc. Brant & Fuller. 1887. p. 277.


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