Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana

Pipe Creek Township
Township
Farmland in Pipe Creek Township
Location in Miami County
Coordinates: 40°41′46″N 86°07′57″W / 40.69611°N 86.13250°WCoordinates: 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 km^2)
• Land	25.33 sq mi (65.6 km^2)
• Water	0.26 sq mi (0.7 km^2)  1.02%
Elevation	758 ft (231 m)
Population (2010)
• Total	6,294
• Density	248.5/sq mi (95.9/km^2)
ZIP codes	46914, 46932, 46970
GNIS feature ID	0453742

Pipe Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Miami County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 6,294 and it contained 2,936 housing units.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

Geography

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.^[1]

Cities, towns, villages

• Bunker Hill

Unincorporated towns

• 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

Cemeteries

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

Major highways

• U.S. Route 31

Airports and landing strips

• Weed Field Airport

School districts

• Maconaquah School Corporation

Political districts

• Indiana's 5th congressional district
• State House District 23
• State House District 24
• State Senate District 18

References

• "Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-29.
• United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
• IndianaMap

1. "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
2. Stephens, John H. (1896). "Pipe Creek Township". History of Miami County. Peru, Indiana: The John H. Stephens Publishing House.
3. Bodurtha , Arthur Lawrence (1914). History of Miami County, Indiana: A Narrative Account of Its Historical Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. Lewis Pub. p. 139.

External links

• Indiana Township Association
• United Township Association of Indiana
• City-Data.com page for Pipe Creek Township