Swift Creek Township (also designated Township 18) is one of twenty townships within

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, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, Swift Creek Township had a population of 50,225, a 41.6% increase over 2000. Swift Creek Township, occupying in south-central Wake County, includes portions of the towns of Cary and Garner and of the city of

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. Swift Creek is also an unincorporated community within

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, located between the municipalities of

, Cary,

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, and Garner. A

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on incorporation for the Swift Creek area was held in November 2000. Out of 4,220 votes cast, 2,492 (58%) voted in favor of incorporation.

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