Deer Creek Township, Carroll County, Indiana
Deer Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Carroll County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,566 (slightly down from 4,571 at 2010) and it contained 1,975 housing units.
History
Deer Creek Township was organized in 1828.
The Baum-Shaeffer Farm, Carrollton Bridge, Deer Creek Valley Rural Historic District, Delphi Lime Kilns, Lock No. 33 Lock Keeper's House, and Wabash and Erie Canal Lock No. 33, Fred and Minnie Raber Farm, Sunset Point, and Wilson Bridge are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 43.94 square miles (113.8 km), of which 43.7 square miles (113 km) (or 99.45%) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km) (or 0.55%) is water.
Cities and towns
- Delphi (the county seat)
Unincorporated towns
- Harley (extinct)
Adjacent townships
- Adams (north)
- Rock Creek (northeast)
- Jackson (east)
- Monroe (southeast)
- Madison (south)
- Washington Township, Tippecanoe County (southwest)
- Tippecanoe (west)
- Tippecanoe Township, Tippecanoe County (west)
Major highways
Cemeteries
The township contains eight cemeteries: Bostetter, Delphi, Mears, Robinson, Saint Josephs, Sharp Point, Whistler and Wingard.