Eagle Creek Township is one of eleven

townships A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Ca ...

Lake County, Indiana Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 2020, its population was 498,700, making it Indiana's second-most populous county. The county seat is Crown Point. The county is part of Northwest Indiana and the Chicago metropo ...

, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,668 and it contained 709 housing units.

History

Eagle Creek Township was established in 1839. The

Kingsbury-Doak Farmhouse Kingsbury-Doak Farmhouse, also known as the Steele Farmhouse, is a historic home located in Eagle Creek Township, Lake County, Indiana. The house was built in two sections. The older section was built in the 1860s, and is a simple -story, fram ...

was listed in the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 2005.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.70%) is land and (or 0.29%) is water.

Education

Eagle Creek Township, along with Cedar Creek Township and West Creek Township, is served by the

Tri-Creek School Corporation Tri-Creek School Corporation is a school district in Lowell, Lake County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital a ...

which includes Lowell High School.

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Townships in Lake County, Indiana Townships in Indiana populated places established in 1839 1839 establishments in Indiana {{LakeCountyIN-geo-stub