Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°41′46″N 86°07′57″W / 40.69611°N 86.13250°W / 40.69611; -86.13250Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyMiamiOrganized6 September 1843Government

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total25.59 sq mi (66.3 km²) • Land25.33 sq mi (65.6 km²) • Water0.26 sq mi (0.7 km²) 1.02%Elevation

^[1]

771 ft (235 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total6,778 • Density260/sq mi (100/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

46914, 46932, 46970

GNIS feature ID453742

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

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

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

Bunker Hill

Unincorporated towns

Flora at 40°44′02″N 86°06′00″W / 40.733930°N 86.099993°W / 40.733930; -86.099993
Nead at 40°42′26″N 86°07′39″W / 40.707263°N 86.127493°W / 40.707263; -86.127493
Wells at 40°43′56″N 86°06′40″W / 40.732263°N 86.111104°W / 40.732263; -86.111104

Extinct towns

Leonda

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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
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^ "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.