Millcreek Township is one of eleven

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in Fountain County,

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, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,385 and it contained 791 housing units. It contains the

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of Lake Holiday Hideaway.

History

The Clinton F. Hesler Farm 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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