Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana

Township in Indiana, United States

39°02′01″N 86°30′56″W / 39.03361°N 86.51556°W / 39.03361; -86.51556Country

United StatesState

IndianaCountyMonroeGovernment

• TypeIndiana township • TrusteeThelma Kelley JeffriesArea

• Total37.9 sq mi (98 km²) • Land30.87 sq mi (80.0 km²) • Water7.03 sq mi (18.2 km²) 18.55%Elevation

^[1]

702 ft (214 m)Population

(2020)^[2]

• Total5,309 • Density162/sq mi (63/km²)Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)ZIP codes

47401, 47403, 47436, 47462

Area code(s)812, 930GNIS feature ID453222

Clear Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,000 and it contained 2,674 housing units.^[3]

History

Joseph Mitchell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.^[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.9 square miles (98 km²), of which 30.87 square miles (80.0 km²) (or 81.45%) is land and 7.03 square miles (18.2 km²) (or 18.55%) is water.^[3]

Unincorporated towns

Fairfax at 39°00′29″N 86°28′50″W / 39.008105°N 86.48055°W / 39.008105; -86.48055
Harrodsburg at 39°00′48″N 86°32′42″W / 39.013382°N 86.544996°W / 39.013382; -86.544996
Smithville at 39°04′16″N 86°30′25″W / 39.071159°N 86.50694°W / 39.071159; -86.50694

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Monroe County's Clear Creek Town is not located in Clear Creek Township, but rather in Perry Township, just north of Clear Creek Township's border. Both the town and the township are named after the same eponymous creek, which flows from the north to the south through both of them.

Cemeteries

Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) operates three active cemeteries, which includes the marking and selling of plots, marking for headstones, meeting with family members and marking burial sites for their family member, all maintenance, mowing and trimming, filling in grave sites, removing funeral floral arrangements, leveling and sowing grass seed and straw, cleaning up after rain and/or wind storms which blow flowers off grave sites.

Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) has an additional 26 cemeteries in the township. Four cemeteries were moved due to the construction of Lake Monroe.

Deeds are recorded in office of the Recorder of Monroe County. Thelma Kelley Jeffries is the trustee of the township.

Clear Creek Township contains 29 cemeteries.^{[citation needed]}

Major highways

Indiana State Road 37

School districts

Monroe County Community School Corporation

Political districts

Indiana's 9th congressional district
State House District 60
State Senate District 44

References

"Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved September 27, 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: Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 21, 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.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.