Honey Creek Township, Howard County, Indiana

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Honey Creek Township
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subdivision_name = United States
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subdivision_name1 = Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Howard
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area_total_km2 = 38.1
area_land_km2 = 38.1
area_water_km2 = 0
area_total_sq_mi = 14.71
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population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 1966
population_density_km2 = 51.6
population_density_sq_mi = 133.7

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elevation_m = 259
elevation_ft = 850
latd = 40
latm = 24
lats = 50
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longd = 86
longm = 16
longs = 13
longEW = W

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Honey Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Howard County, Indiana, USA. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,966 [ [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-context=dt&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-CONTEXT=dt&-tree_id=4001&-all_geo_types=N&-geo_id=06000US1806734528&-search_results=01000US&-format=&-_lang=en United States Census Bureau American FactFinder] ] . The township is served by the Russiaville Post Office.

History

Honey Creek was organized in 1841 as a township in the northeastern corner of neighboring Clinton County. The township's early population tended to be politically Republican, so the Republican party in Howard County and the Democrats in Clinton County collaborated to have Honey Creek Township removed from Clinton and added in 1850 to Howard.cite book
last=Claybaugh
first=Joseph
title=History of Clinton County, Indiana
year=1913
publisher=A. W. Bowen & Company
location=Indianapolis
pages=pp. 117-118]

Geography

Honey Creek Township covers an area of 14.71 square miles (38.1 square kilometers). The stream of Squirrel Creek runs through this township.

Cities and towns

* Russiaville

Adjacent townships

* Harrison Township (east)
* Prairie Township, Tipton County (southeast)
* Forest Township, Clinton County (southwest)
* Monroe Township (northwest)

Major highways

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chools

*Western Intermediate School
*Western Primary School

References

* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/ U.S. Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)]
* [http://www.census.gov/geo/www/cob/ United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files]

External links

* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/counties/Howard.htm Indiana Township Association page for Howard County]