Sugar Creek Township | |
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![]() Location in Parke County | |
Coordinates: 39°55′32″N 87°12′29″W / 39.92556°N 87.20806°W | |
Country | ![]() |
State | ![]() |
County | Parke |
Government | |
• Type | Indiana township |
Area | |
• Total | 24.91 sq mi (64.5 km2) |
• Land | 24.89 sq mi (64.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.02 sq mi (0.05 km2) 0.08% |
Elevation | 679 ft (207 m) |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 308 |
• Density | 12/sq mi (4.8/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (Eastern (EST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-4 (EDT) |
ZIP codes | 47832, 47859, 47952 |
Area code | 765 |
GNIS feature ID | 453884 |
Sugar Creek Township is one of thirteen townships in Parke County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 308 and it contained 139 housing units.[2] The township includes the north half of Turkey Run State Park.
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1890 | 789 | — | |
1900 | 830 | 5.2% | |
1910 | 680 | −18.1% | |
1920 | 554 | −18.5% | |
1930 | 399 | −28.0% | |
1940 | 496 | 24.3% | |
1950 | 350 | −29.4% | |
1960 | 350 | 0.0% | |
1970 | 265 | −24.3% | |
1980 | 292 | 10.2% | |
1990 | 300 | 2.7% | |
2000 | 349 | 16.3% | |
2010 | 322 | −7.7% | |
2020 | 308 | −4.3% | |
Source: US Decennial Census[3] |