Rockcreek Township, Wells County, Indiana

Rockcreek Township is one of nine townships in Wells County, Indiana, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,593 (up from 1,579 at 2010) and it contained 679 housing units.

Geography

According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of , of which (or 99.05%) is land and (or 0.95%) is water.

Cities, towns, villages

Markle (east half)
Uniondale (southwest half)

Unincorporated towns

Rockford at

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

Banner City Ã¢ÂÂ a hamlet about a mile west of Uniondale on the abandoned Erie Lackawanna railway section between Uniondale and Markle. It was made a station of the old Chicago & Atlantic Railway about 1887, which reorganized as the Chicago & Erie Railroad from 1890 to 1941. The old right-of-way could become part of an extended Erie Lackawanna Trail. Part of the hamlet may be in Union Township.

Adjacent townships

Union Township (north)
Jefferson Township (northeast)
Lancaster Township (east)
Harrison Township (southeast)
Liberty Township (south)
Salamonie Township, Huntington County (southwest)
Rock Creek Township, Huntington County (west)
Union Township, Huntington County (northwest)

Cemeteries

The township contains three cemeteries: Horeb, Sparks and Spider Hill.

Rivers

Wabash River

School districts

Northern Wells Community Schools

Political districts

Indiana's 6th congressional district
State House District 82
State Senate District 19