Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana
Pipe Creek Township | |
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Coordinates: 40°41′46″N 86°07′57″W / 40.69611°N 86.13250°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Miami |
Organized | 6 September 1843 |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 25.59 sq mi (66.3 km2) |
• Land | 25.33 sq mi (65.6 km2) |
• Water | 0.26 sq mi (0.7 km2) 1.02% |
Elevation | 771 ft (235 m) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,778 |
• Density | 260/sq mi (100/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 46914, 46932, 46970 |
GNIS feature ID | 453742 |
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[3]) 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
[edit]Pipe Creek Township was organized by the county commissioners on September 6, 1843, and named for its largest stream, Pipe Creek.[4][5]
The B-17G "Flying Fortress" No. 44-83690 and Terrell Jacobs Circus Winter Quarters are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[6][7]
Geography
[edit]According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 25.59 square miles (66.3 km2), of which 25.33 square miles (65.6 km2) (or 98.98%) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) (or 1.02%) is water.[3]
Cities, towns, villages
[edit]Unincorporated towns
[edit]- Flora at 40°44′02″N 86°06′00″W / 40.733930°N 86.099993°W
- Nead at 40°42′26″N 86°07′39″W / 40.707263°N 86.127493°W
- Wells at 40°43′56″N 86°06′40″W / 40.732263°N 86.111104°W
Extinct towns
[edit]Cemeteries
[edit]The township contains these four cemeteries: Garnand, Leonda, Metzger and Springdale.
Major highways
[edit]Airports and landing strips
[edit]- Weed Field Airport
School districts
[edit]- Maconaquah School Corporation
Political districts
[edit]- Indiana's 5th congressional district
- State House District 23
- State House District 24
- State Senate District 18
References
[edit]- "Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
- United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
- IndianaMap
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stephens, John H. (1896). "Pipe Creek Township". History of Miami County. Peru, Indiana: The John H. Stephens Publishing House.
- ^ Bodurtha, Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. pp. 139.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 4/02/12 through 4/06/12. National Park Service. April 13, 2012.