Turkey Creek Township is one of seventeen townships in Kosciusko County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 8,659 (up from 8,428 at 2010[4]) and it contained 5,497 housing units.
Turkey Creek Township was organized in 1836.[5]
Geography
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 35.36 square miles (91.6 km2), of which 28.61 square miles (74.1 km2) (or 80.91%) is land and 6.76 square miles (17.5 km2) (or 19.12%) is water.[4]
Cities and towns
Unincorporated towns
- Buttermilk Point at 41°22′38″N 85°40′27″W / 41.3772696°N 85.6741534°W
- Cedar Point at 41°23′52″N 85°40′31″W / 41.3978255°N 85.6752647°W
- Enchanted Hills at 41°24′07″N 85°40′00″W / 41.4019922°N 85.6666534°W
- Kanata Manayunk at 41°24′37″N 85°41′30″W / 41.4103256°N 85.6916542°W
- Marineland Gardens at 41°22′41″N 85°41′04″W / 41.3781029°N 85.6844314°W
- Oakwood Park at 41°24′41″N 85°44′18″W / 41.4114366°N 85.7383222°W
- Pickwick Park at 41°25′01″N 85°43′31″W / 41.4169922°N 85.7252663°W
- Quaker Haven Park at 41°22′01″N 85°45′38″W / 41.3669912°N 85.7605448°W
- South Park at 41°24′03″N 85°43′16″W / 41.4008809°N 85.7210994°W
- Vawter Park at 41°23′15″N 85°41′33″W / 41.3875475°N 85.6924873°W
- Wawasee at 41°25′26″N 85°41′45″W / 41.4239370°N 85.6958210°W
- Wawasee Village at 41°24′52″N 85°44′51″W / 41.4144921°N 85.7474892°W
(This list is based on USGS data and may include former settlements.)
Education
Turkey Creek Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Syracuse-Turkey Creek Township Public Library in Syracuse.[6]
References
- ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ "Census Bureau profile: * Township, * County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Biographical and Historical Record of Kosciusko County, Indiana. Lewis Publishing Company. 1887. p. 710.
- ^ "Library Card Policy" (PDF). Syracuse-Turkey Creek Twp Public Library. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
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