Blue Creek Township, Adams County, Indiana
Blue Creek Township is one of twelve townships in Adams County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,540. The majority of the Township, some two thirds, speak an Amish form of Bernese German, a Swiss German dialect, as their mother tongue.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 24.3 square miles (63 km), all land.
Demographics
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 | 2.5% | |
Unincorporated towns
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
- ^ Bureau, US Census. "City and Town Population Totals: 2020—2021". Census.gov. US Census Bureau. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "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.