Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana

Clear Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Monroe County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 5,000 and it contained 2,674 housing units.[2]

Clear Creek Township
Township
A farmhouse in northern Clear Creek Township
Motto(s): 
Busiest Little Township in Indiana
Location in Monroe County
Coordinates: 39°02′01″N 86°30′56″W
Country United States
State Indiana
CountyMonroe
Government
 • TypeIndiana township
 • TrusteeThelma Kelley Jeffries
Area
 • Total37.9 sq mi (98 km2)
 • Land30.87 sq mi (80.0 km2)
 • Water7.03 sq mi (18.2 km2)  18.55%
Elevation702 ft (214 m)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total5,000
 • Density162/sq mi (63/km2)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
47401, 47403, 47436, 47462
Area code(s)812, 930
GNIS feature ID453222

History

Joseph Mitchell House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 37.9 square miles (98 km2), of which 30.87 square miles (80.0 km2) (or 81.45%) is land and 7.03 square miles (18.2 km2) (or 18.55%) is water.[2]

Unincorporated towns

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

Monroe County's Clear Creek Town is not located in Clear Creek Township, but rather in Perry Township, just north of Clear Creek Township's border. Both the town and the township are named after the same eponymous creek, which flows from the north to the south through both of them.

Cemeteries

Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) operates three active cemeteries, which includes the marking and selling of plots, marking for headstones, meeting with family members and marking burial sites for their family member, all maintenance, mowing and trimming, filling in grave sites, removing funeral floral arrangements, leveling and sowing grass seed and straw, cleaning up after rain and/or wind storms which blow flowers off grave sites.

Clear Creek Township Trustee's Office (Township Government) has an additional 26 cemeteries in the township. Four cemeteries were moved due to the construction of Lake Monroe.

Deeds are recorded in office of the Recorder of Monroe County. Thelma Kelley Jeffries Trustee Clear Creek Township Monroe County, Indiana

Clear Creek Township contains 29 cemeteries:

  • Anderson-Deckard
  • Barrett
  • Bennett-Humphrey
  • Bold-Boles_Strain
  • Chambers, D
  • Chambers, W
  • Clover Hill
  • Deckard, M
  • Deckard, J
  • Flory-Stipp-Butcher
  • Goodman
  • Hanson-Meadows
  • Juda-Wallingford
  • Kelly
  • Ketcham
  • Kinser
  • Knight-McKnights
  • Knights of Pythia
  • Kutch
  • Leonard-Phillips
  • Lucas
  • Mount Ebal
  • Mount Salem
  • Musser/Mercer
  • Pennington-Urmey
  • Phillips
  • Pickle-Smallwood
  • Smithville
  • Smith

At least four cemeteries were relocated to the Polk Township cemetery due to the construction of Lake Monroe.

BLAC -BLACKWELL/CHAMBERS/PRINCE Clear Creek - Section 13 > Large cemetery moved to Polk Twp. Cem. for Lake Monroe. Was located near Nancy Jane bridge.

GOOD -GOODMAN Clear Creek - Section 27 >Moved to Polk Twp. Cem. for Lake Monroe. Some maps refer to a cemetery in Clear Creek Section 27 on the very top of the east ridge of the Spillway cut out. We have also had some reports of tombstones on the west ridge but have been unable to locate any.

LIVI -LIVINGSTON/MITCHELL Clear Creek - Section 26 > Old Otto Mitchell farm, in the town of Fairfax, 3 graves moved to Polk Twp Cem. for Lake Monroe.

SCAR -SCARBAUGH/DAN FOX Clear Creek - Section 26 > Moved to Polk Twp Cem. for Lake Monroe.

Major highways

Airports and landing strips
  • Lake Monroe Airport

School districts
  • Monroe County Community School Corporation

Political districts

References
  • "Clear Creek Township, Monroe County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
  • United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
  • IndianaMap
  1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved 2017-05-09.
  2. "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 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
  3. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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