Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana

Coal Creek Township
Township
Location in Montgomery County
Location in Montgomery County
Coordinates: 40°10′04″N 87°00′30″W / 40.16778°N 87.00833°W / 40.16778; -87.00833
Country United States
State Indiana
CountyMontgomery
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
Area
 • Total
53.76 sq mi (139.2 km2)
 • Land53.76 sq mi (139.2 km2)
 • Water0 sq mi (0 km2)  0%
Elevation
[1]
787 ft (240 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
1,455
 • Density27/sq mi (10/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
47933, 47955, 47967, 47981, 47990, 47994
Area code765
GNIS feature ID453236

Coal Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,455 (down from 1,544 at 2010[3]) and it contained 655 housing units.[2]

Coal Creek Township took its name from Coal Creek, which was so named from the deposits of coal in its hillsides.[4]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 53.76 square miles (139.2 km2), all land.[3]

Cities, towns, villages

Unincorporated towns

(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)

Cemeteries

The township contains these seven cemeteries: Meharry, Mount Pleasant, Oakland, Old Turkey Run, Pleasant Hill, Willhite and Wilson Killen.

Public safety

Fire and basic medical service is provided by Coal Creek Fire & Rescue Inc. CCF&R is the only volunteer fire department within Montgomery County to boast more than one fire station. A new building, completed in 2006, resides in New Richmond, and recently in 2010, CCFD opened a newer facility in Wingate, although both towns each had a fire hall prior to recently relocating.

Ambulance service is provided by S.T.A.R. http://starambulance.net/

CCF&R is funded by contracts from both the towns of Wingate and New Richmond, as well as by taxes paid to the Township Trustee.

Law enforcement service is provided by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department as well as the Indiana State Police, Wingate Town Marshal.

School districts

  • North Montgomery Community School Corporation

Political districts

References

  1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Census Bureau profile: Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.
  4. ^ Beckwith, Hiram Williams; Kennedy, P. S. (1881). History of Montgomery County, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley. H. H. Hill and N. Iddings. pp. 476.