Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

40°41′59″N 84°50′12″W / 40.69972°N 84.83667°W / 40.69972; -84.83667CountryUnited StatesStateIndianaCountyAdamsGovernment

• TypeIndiana townshipArea

• Total24.3 sq mi (63 km²) • Land24.3 sq mi (63 km²) • Water0 sq mi (0 km²) 0%Elevation

817 ft (249 m)Population

(2020)^[1]

• Total1,540 • Density63/sq mi (24/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

46711, 46733, 46772

GNIS feature ID453116

Blue Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana.^[2] As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,540.^[1] The majority of the Township, some two thirds, speak an Amish form of Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect, as their mother tongue.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.3 square miles (63 km²), all land.^[4]

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	1,212		—
1900	1,217		0.4%
1910	1,168		−4.0%
1920	929		−20.5%
1930	726		−21.9%
1940	780		7.4%
1950	725		−7.1%
1960	692		−4.6%
1970	728		5.2%
1980	813		11.7%
1990	873		7.4%
2000	1,195		36.9%
2010	1,440		20.5%
2020	1,540		6.9%
2021 (est.)	1,579	^[1]	2.5%
^[5]

Unincorporated towns

Salem

Major highways

Cemeteries

The township contains the following cemeteries: Blue Creek Amish, Sipe (no longer exists), Tricker (Blue Creek), and Willard (Mt. Hope).

School districts

Adams Central Community Schools
South Adams Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 6th congressional district
State House District 79
State Senate District 19

References

"Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 24, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States National Atlas

^ ^a ^b ^c Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
^ "Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
^ Blue Creek Township: Languages at statisticalatlas.com.
^ 2002 Census of Governments, Individual State Descriptions (PDF)
^ "Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana". www.stats.indiana.edu. StatsIndiana. Retrieved November 20, 2022.