Pipe Creek Township, Miami County, Indiana
Pipe Creek Township | |
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| ZIP codes | 46914, 46932, 46970 |
| GNIS feature ID | 453742 |
Pipe Creek Township is one of fourteen
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,
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
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
Extinct towns
Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Garnand, Leonda, Metzger and Springdale.
Major highways
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
- 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.
External links
- Indiana Township Association
- United Township Association of Indiana
- City-Data.com page for Pipe Creek Township
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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