Fall Creek Township is one of fourteen
townships in
Madison County,
Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 14,695 and it contained 4,570 housing units.
It was named from its principal stream and waterfalls.
History
The
Fall Creek Meeting House
The Fall Creek Meeting House is a historic Quakers, Quaker meeting house located approximately east of Pendleton, Indiana, United States, on State Road 38 in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana, Fall Creek Township, Madison County, Indi ...
was listed in the
National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.31%) is land and (or 0.69%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
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Anderson (southwest edge)
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Pendleton Pendleton may refer to:
Places
;United Kingdom
*Pendleton, Lancashire, England
*Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England
;United States
*Pendleton, Indiana
* Pendleton, Missouri
*Pendleton, New York
*Pendleton, Oregon
*Pendleton, South Carolina
*Pe ...
(vast majority)
Unincorporated towns
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Huntsville at
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Idlewold at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Cemeteries
The township contains these four cemeteries: Anderson Memorial Park, Bunker, Crosley and Grovelawn.
Major highways
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Interstate 69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of 10 unconnected segments with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at ...
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U.S. Route 36
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State Road 9
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State Road 38
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State Road 67
Airports and landing strips
* Harless Airport
* Huntzinger Airport
Prisons
Three facilities of the
Indiana Department of Corrections are in Fall Creek Township
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Pendleton Correctional Facility
The Pendleton Correctional Facility, formerly known as the Indiana Reformatory, is a state prison located in Fall Creek Township, Madison County, near Pendleton and about northeast of Indianapolis. Established in 1923, it was built to replace ...
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Correctional Industrial Facility
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Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility The Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility is a maximum-security Indiana Department of Corrections prison for juvenile males between the ages of 12 and one minute before they turn 22. The facility is located in Fall Creek Township, Madison Coun ...
Education
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South Madison Community School Corporation
Fall Creek Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Pendleton Community Public Library in Pendleton.
Political districts
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Indiana's 6th congressional district
* State House District 37
* State Senate District 25
References
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United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line ShapefilesIndianaMap
External links
Indiana Township AssociationUnited Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Madison County, Indiana
Townships in Indiana