Sand Creek Township, Jennings County, Indiana

Sand Creek Township
Sand Creek Township
Township
	Location in Jennings County
	Coordinates: 39°05′16″N 85°36′25″W / 39.08778°N 85.60694°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Jennings
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	27.95 sq mi (72.4 km2)
• Land	27.72 sq mi (71.8 km2)
• Water	0.23 sq mi (0.6 km2) 0.82%
Elevation	725 ft (221 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	859
• Density	31/sq mi (12/km2)
GNIS feature ID	0453833

Sand Creek Township is one of eleven townships in Jennings County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 859 (down from 872 at 2010^[1]) and it contained 364 housing units.^[2]

Historical population
Census	Pop.	%±
1890	1,039	—
1900	992	−4.5%
1910	819	−17.4%
1920	687	−16.1%
1930	529	−23.0%
1940	614	16.1%
1950	602	−2.0%
1960	645	7.1%
1970	752	16.6%
1980	803	6.8%
1990	714	−11.1%
2000	818	14.6%
2010	872	6.6%
2020	859	−1.5%
Source: US Decennial Census^[3]

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 27.95 square miles (72.4 km²), of which 27.72 square miles (71.8 km²) (or 99.18%) is land and 0.23 square miles (0.60 km²) (or 0.82%) is water.^[1] The streams of Bear Creek, Fish Creek, Ice Creek, Millstone Creek, Poplar Root Creek and Rock Creek run through this township.