- Buck Creek, Indiana
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Buck Creek, Indiana
settlement_type = Township
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image_caption = A freight train passes through Buck Creek
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pushpin_map_caption =Location within the state of Indiana
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map_caption1 =subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 =Indiana
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Tippecanoe
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unit_pref = Imperial
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area_total_km2 = 93.1
area_land_km2 = 93.0
area_water_km2 = 0.1
area_total_sq_mi = 35.9
area_land_sq_mi = 35.9
area_water_sq_mi = 0.0population_as_of = 2000
population_footnotes =
population_total = 6659
population_density_km2 = 71.6
population_density_sq_mi = 185.5timezone = Eastern (EST)
utc_offset = -5
timezone_DST = EDT
utc_offset_DST = -4
elevation_footnotes =
elevation_m = 258
elevation_ft = 846
latd = 40 |latm = 29 |lats = 16 |latNS = N
longd = 86 |longm = 45 |longs = 42 |longEW = Wpostal_code_type =
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blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 18-08794GR|2
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blank1_info = 0453145GR|3
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footnotes =Buck Creek, originally known as Transitville, is a small town in Tippecanoe County,
Indiana . Children attend Hershey Elementary School, East Tipp Middle School and William Henry Harrison High School. Fire protection and emergency services are provided by the Buck Creek Volunteer Fire Department, which hosts its annual fundraiser, the Buck Creek Fish Fry during the last Saturday of the August.Geography
Buck Creek is located at 40°29'16" North, 86°45'42" West (40.487778, -86.761667) in Washington Township. The creek for which it's named is just north of town and flows generally westward toward the
Wabash River .Fire Dept.
The Fire Department is consisted of around thirty members. As well as 6 trucks.
References
External links
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* [http://www.buckcreekvfd.org Buck Creek Volunteer Fire Department]
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