Prairie Creek Township is one of twelve

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in Vigo County,

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, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,195 and it contained 494 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 98.55%) is land and (or 1.45%) is water.

Unincorporated communities

* Hutton * Prairie Creek *

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Adjacent townships

* Prairieton Township (northeast) * Linton Township (east) * Curry Township, Sullivan County (southeast) * Fairbanks Township, Sullivan County (south) * York Township, Clark County, Illinois (southwest) * Darwin Township, Clark County, Illinois (west)

Cemeteries

The township contains these four cemeteries: Lykens, Shattuck, Watson and Westlawn.

Rivers

Wabash River The Wabash River () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 river that drains most of the state of Indiana, and a significant part of Illinois, in the United ...

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 45 * State Senate District 39

References

United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles

United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)

IndianaMap

External links

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