Rockcreek Township is one of nine
townships
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in
Wells County, Indiana
Wells County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 28,180. Its seat of government is Bluffton. Wells County is included in the Fort Wayne Metropolitan Statistical Area and the
Fo ...
, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,593 (up from 1,579 at 2010
) and it contained 679 housing units.
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.05%) is land and (or 0.95%) is water.
Cities, towns, villages
*
Markle (east half)
*
Uniondale (southwest half)
Unincorporated towns
*
Rockford at
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
* Banner City – a hamlet about a mile west of Uniondale on the abandoned
Erie Lackawanna
The Erie Lackawanna Railway , known as the Erie Lackawanna Railroad until 1968, was formed from the 1960 merger of the Erie Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. The official motto of the line was "The Friendly Service Route ...
railway section between Uniondale and Markle. It was made a station of the old
Chicago & Atlantic Railway about 1887,
Standard History of Adams and Wells Counties Indiana
Editors Tyndall and Lesh. Page 450. Accessed 27 April 2023. which reorganized as the Chicago & Erie Railroad from 1890 to 1941. The old right-of-way could become part of an extended Erie Lackawanna Trail. Part of the hamlet may be in Union Township.
Adjacent townships
* Union Township (north)
* Jefferson Township (northeast)
* Lancaster Township (east)
* Harrison Township (southeast)
* Liberty Township (south)
* Salamonie Township, Huntington County (southwest)
* Rock Creek Township, Huntington County (west)
* Union Township, Huntington County (northwest)
Cemeteries
The township contains three cemeteries: Horeb, Sparks and Spider Hill.
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
* Northern Wells Community Schools
Political districts
* Indiana's 6th congressional district
Indiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The district takes in a portion of eastern and central Indiana as of the 2020 census, including Columbus, Indiana, Columbus and Richmond, Indiana, Ric ...
* State House District 82
* State Senate District 19
References
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
United States Board on Geographic Names (GNIS)
IndianaMap
External links
Indiana Township Association
United Township Association of Indiana
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Townships in Wells County, Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area
Townships in Indiana