Lost Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana
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Lost Creek Township is one of twelve
townships A township is a form of human settlement or administrative subdivision. Its exact definition varies among countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, this tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, Canad ...
in Vigo County,
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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 10,497 and it contained 4,236 housing units. It contains
Terre Haute, Indiana Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and Terre Haute metropolitan area, its metropolitan area had a populati ...
's eastern, suburban end, along with the affluent Hulman family ranch and the Terre Haute International Airport originally named after the family. Seelyville, the third largest city in the county, is also located there.


History

Lost creek township was founded in 1831 Vigo County Home for Dependent Children was listed on the
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in 2000.


Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.49%) is land and (or 1.51%) is water.


Cities, towns, villages

* Seelyville *
Terre Haute Terre Haute ( ) is a city in Vigo County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 58,389 and its metropolitan area had a population of 168,716. Located along the Wabash River about e ...
(east side)


Unincorporated communities

* Cherryvale * East Glenn * Glenn Ayr * Gospel Grove * Grange Corner * Swalls * Tabertown


Adjacent townships

* Nevins Township (northeast) * Posey Township, Clay County (east) * Perry Township, Clay County (southeast) * Riley Township (south) * Honey Creek Township (southwest) * Harrison Township (west) * Otter Creek Township (northwest)


Cemeteries

The township contains at least these sixteen named cemeteries: Baker-Coltrin, Babtist-Moses, Calvary, Chamberlain, Cheek, Dickerson, Highland Lawn, Hobmeyer-Trueblood-Ladd-Habermeyer, Hoskins, Hyde, Mewhinney, Patterson, Roberts, Swalls, Turner-Shcolfield, and Wood. As well as at least four unnamed family plots.


Airports and landing strips

* Hulman Field


Lakes/ Reservoirs

* Hulmans Lake * Llewellyn Lake * Maple Avenue Lake * Dobbs Lake * Thompson Lake * Hulman Street Reservoir (Majority)


Housing Developments

* Terre Vista * Lincolnshire/ Woodshire * Village Quarter * Watertree * Wyndham * Phoenix Hills * Robinwood * Hawthorn Woods * Deming Estates * Eastland * Chamberlain Heights * Huntington Estates * Sycamore Terrace * Woodridge


Demographics

According to the
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of 2000, there were 9,907 people and 3,968 households residing in the township. In the 2020 census, a recorded 11,199 people lived in Lost Creek township, showing a 13% increase from 2000. The
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was 281/mi2. The racial makeup of the township is 86.91%
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, 2.61%
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or
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, 0.19% Native American, 4.42% Asian, less than 0.1%
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, 0.91% from other races, and 4.97% from two or more races. 2.96% of the population were
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or Latino of any race. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.98. The median age was 34.3 years. For every 100 females, there were 113 males. The median income for a household in the township was $81,198, and the median income for a family was $109,358. The
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for the township was $43,000. 12.2% of the population was below the
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. 43.2% of the population has a bachelor's degree or higher, with 19% of the population having a graduate degree and 20.7% having no college education and 22.5% having some form of college education but no degree. 4.9% of the school-enrolled population is enrolled in Nursery School/ Preschool, 38.9% is enrolled in kindergarten to 12th Grade,5.8% is enrolled in graduate degree courses, and 50.4% of the school population is enrolled in undergraduate college courses. 57.4% of the population is employed, and the most common employment is Educational Services, Healthcare, and Social Services.


School districts

*
Vigo County School Corporation Vigo County School Corporation (VCSC) is a school district that serves Vigo County, Indiana and is headquartered in West Terre Haute. The corporation is led by Superintendent Dr. Chris Himsel and by the Board of Trustees including: President ...


Political districts

*
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* State House District 43 * State Senate District 38


Notable people

* Al Barker, baseball player


References


United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

IndianaMap


External links

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