Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Indiana

Millcreek Township is one of eleven townships in Fountain County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,385 and it contained 791 housing units.^[1] It contains the census-designated place of Lake Holiday Hideaway.

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
1890	1,974		—
1900	2,145		8.7%
1910	1,987		−7.4%
1920	1,742		−12.3%
1930	1,452		−16.6%
1940	1,542		6.2%
1950	1,469		−4.7%
1960	1,349		−8.2%
1970	1,348		−0.1%
1980	1,475		9.4%
1990	1,450		−1.7%
2000	1,610		11.0%
2010	1,406		−12.7%
2020	1,385		−1.5%
Source: US Decennial Census[2]

Millcreek Township
Township
Location of Millcreek Township in Fountain County
Coordinates: 40°00′33″N 87°15′29″W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Fountain
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	42.94 sq mi (111.2 km2)
• Land	42.71 sq mi (110.6 km2)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.6 km2)
Elevation	692 ft (211 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	1,385
• Density	32/sq mi (12/km2)
FIPS code	18-49392
GNIS feature ID	453627

History

The Clinton F. Hesler Farm was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 42.94 square miles (111.2 km²), of which 42.71 square miles (110.6 km²) (or 99.46%) is land and 0.24 square miles (0.62 km²) (or 0.56%) is water.^[4] It contains the town of Kingman in the southwest along Indiana State Road 234. The unincorporated community of Centennial, with its cemetery of the same name,^[5] lies to the northeast on U.S. Route 41;^[6] further north, at the intersection with Indiana State Road 32,^[7] lies Steam Corner. Harveysburg is north of Kingman and Yeddo is west of Centennial.

Map of Millcreek Township

Education

Millcreek Township residents may obtain a free library card at the Kingman-Millcreek Public Library in Kingman.^[8]