Millcreek Township is one of eleven

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in Fountain County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,406 and it contained 815 housing units.

History

The

Clinton F. Hesler Farm Clinton F. Hesler Farm, also known as Clearview Farm, is a historic home and farm and national historic district located at Millcreek Township, Fountain County, Indiana. The farmhouse was built in 1896, and is a two-story, "T"-plan, Queen Anne s ...

was listed on the

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in 1989.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.46%) is land and (or 0.56%) is water. It contains the town of Kingman in the southwest along

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. The unincorporated community of

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, with its cemetery of the same name, lies to the northeast on

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; further north, at the intersection with

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, lies Steam Corner. Harveysburg is north of Kingman and Yeddo is west of Centennial.

Education

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

References

United States Census Bureau cartographic boundary files

U.S. Board on Geographic Names

External links

Indiana Township Association

United Township Association of Indiana
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