View source for Otter Creek Township, Ripley County, Indiana

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Otter Creek Township
| settlement_type    = [[Township (United States)|Township]]
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| subdivision_name1  = [[Indiana]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Indiana|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Ripley County, Indiana|Ripley]]
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| government_type    = [[Indiana Township Trustee|Indiana township]]
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| area_total_sq_mi   = 41.69
| area_land_sq_mi    = 41.66
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.02
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| population_total   = 1319
| population_density_sq_mi = auto
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| elevation_m        = 265
| elevation_ft       = 869
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| area_code          = [[Area code 812|812]]
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| blank_info         = 18-57276<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Otter Creek Township''' is one of eleven [[Township (United States)|townships]] in [[Ripley County, Indiana]]. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,319 (down from 1,410 at 2010<ref name="census">{{cite web
|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18137
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212201139/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/GCTPH1.CY10/0500000US18137
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=February 12, 2020
|title=Population, Housing Units, Area, and Density: 2010 - County -- County Subdivision and Place -- 2010 Census Summary File 1
|publisher=United States Census
|access-date=May 10, 2013
}}</ref>) and it contained 579 housing units.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Otter_Creek_township,_Ripley_County,_Indiana?g=060XX00US1813757276 |access-date=April 10, 2024 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>
{{US Census population
| footnote = Source: US Decennial Census<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stats.indiana.edu/population/PopTotals/historic_counts_twps.asp|title = Township Census Counts: STATS Indiana}}</ref>
| 1890 = 1605
| 1900 = 1559
| 1910 = 1645
| 1920 = 1405
| 1930 = 1218
| 1940 = 1268
| 1950 = 1206
| 1960 = 1326
| 1970 = 1337
| 1980 = 1377
| 1990 = 1334
| 2000 = 1339
| 2010 = 1410
| 2020 = 1319
}}
==Geography==
According to the 2010 census, the township has a total area of {{convert|41.69|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|41.66|sqmi}} (or 99.93%) is land and {{convert|0.02|sqmi}} (or 0.05%) is water.<ref name="census"/>
===Cities and towns===
* [[Holton, Indiana|Holton]]
===Unincorporated towns===
* Allen Crossing
* [[Dabney, Indiana|Dabney]]
* [[Jackson, Ripley County, Indiana|Jackson]]
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.indianatownshipassoc.org/ Indiana Township Association]
* [http://unitedtownships.org/ United Township Association of Indiana]
{{Geographic Location
|Centre =  Otter Creek Township
|North=[[Jackson Township, Ripley County, Indiana|Jackson Township]]
|Northeast=[[Center Township, Ripley County, Indiana|Center Township]]
|East=[[Johnson Township, Ripley County, Indiana|Johnson Township]]
|South=[[Shelby Township, Ripley County, Indiana|Shelby Township]]
|Southwest=[[Campbell Township, Jennings County, Indiana|Campbell Township, Jennings County]]
|West=[[Columbia Township, Jennings County, Indiana|Columbia Township, Jennings County]]
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{{Ripley County, Indiana}}
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[[Category:Townships in Ripley County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Townships in Indiana]]
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