Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana
Coal Creek Township | |
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Country | United States |
State | Indiana |
County | Montgomery |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 53.76 sq mi (139.2 km2) |
• Land | 53.76 sq mi (139.2 km2) |
• Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) 0% |
Elevation | 801 ft (244 m) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,544 |
• Density | 28.7/sq mi (11.1/km2) |
ZIP codes | 47933, 47955, 47967, 47981, 47990, 47994 |
GNIS feature ID | 0453236 |
Coal Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 1,544 and it contained 655 housing units.[1]
Coal Creek Township took its name from Coal Creek, which was so named from the deposits of coal in its hillsides.[2]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 53.76 square miles (139.2 km2), all land.[1]
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. Coal Creek Fire & Rescue & Coal Creek Township, will become part of the North West Montgomery Fire Territory in conjunction with Madison Township and the towns of Wingate and New Richmond, starting on January 1, 2012.
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, and the New Richmond Town Marshal.
School districts
- North Montgomery Community School Corporation
Political districts
- Indiana's 4th congressional district
- State House District 41
- State Senate District 23
References
- "Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-09-27.
- United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles[permanent dead link ]
- IndianaMap
- ^ a b "Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census. Retrieved 2013-05-10.
- ^ 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. p. 476.