Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana

Stony Creek Township
Stony Creek Township
Township
	Location in Madison County
	Coordinates: 40°04′31″N 85°48′33″W / 40.07528°N 85.80917°W
Country	United States
State	Indiana
County	Madison
Government
• Type	Indiana township
Area
• Total	28.28 sq mi (73.2 km2)
• Land	28.28 sq mi (73.2 km2)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km2) 0%
Elevation	869 ft (265 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	3,908
• Density	136.9/sq mi (52.9/km2)
ZIP codes	46011, 46051, 46064
GNIS feature ID	0453879

Stony Creek Township is one of fourteen townships in Madison County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,871 and it contained 1,613 housing units.^[2]

It was named from a stream in the northwestern part.^[3]

Geography[edit]

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of 28.28 square miles (73.2 km²), all land.^[2]

Cities, towns, villages[edit]

Lapel

Unincorporated towns[edit]

Bloomer at 40°05′02″N 85°46′05″W / 40.08393°N 85.768033°W / 40.08393; -85.768033
Edgewood Village at 40°06′05″N 85°45′11″W / 40.10143°N 85.753033°W / 40.10143; -85.753033
Fishersburg at 40°04′19″N 85°51′34″W / 40.071983°N 85.859425°W / 40.071983; -85.859425

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

Cemeteries[edit]

The township contains these two cemeteries: Brookside and Old Woodward.

Major highways[edit]

Indiana State Road 32

Education[edit]

Frankton-Lapel Community Schools

Stony Creek Township residents may obtain a free library card from the Anderson Public Library in Anderson.^[4]

Political districts[edit]

Indiana's 5th congressional district
State House District 37
State Senate District 20

References[edit]

"Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
United States Census Bureau 2008 TIGER/Line Shapefiles
IndianaMap

^ "Census Bureau profile: Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
^ ^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.
^ Forkner, John La Rue & Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humprheys & Co. p. 953.
^ "Library card application". Anderson Public Library. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

External links[edit]

[2020_Census-1] "Census Bureau profile: Stony Creek Township, Madison County, Indiana". United States Census Bureau. May 2023. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

[census-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 February 12, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2013.

[3] Forkner, John La Rue & Dyson, Byron H. (1897). Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Madison County, Indiana. Wilson, Humprheys & Co. p. 953.

[4] "Library card application". Anderson Public Library. Retrieved March 10, 2018.

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Madison County, Indiana, United States
County seat: Anderson
Cities	Alexandria Anderson Elwood‡	Map of Indiana highlighting Madison County
Towns	Chesterfield‡ Country Club Heights Edgewood Frankton Ingalls Lapel Markleville Orestes Pendleton River Forest Summitville Woodlawn Heights
Townships	Adams Anderson Boone Duck Creek Fall Creek Green Jackson Lafayette Monroe Pipe Creek Richland Stony Creek Union Van Buren
CDPs	Fishersburg Perkinsville
Other communities	Alfont Alliance Bloomer Dundee Emporia Florida Hamilton Hardscrabble Huntsville Leisure Linwood Moonville New Columbus Prosperity Rigdon Sunview
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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