[2] It contains Terre Haute, Indiana's eastern, suburban end, along with the affluent Hulman family ranch and the Terre Haute International Airport originally named after the family.

Lost creek township was founded in 1831 Vigo County Home for Dependent Children was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

[2] The township contains at least these sixteen named cemeteries: Baker-Coltrin, Babtist-Moses, Calvary, Chamberlain, Cheek, Dickerson, Highland Lawn, Hobmeyer-Trueblood-Ladd-Habermeyer, Hoskins, Hyde, Mewhinney, Patterson, Roberts, Swalls, Turner-Shcolfield, and Wood.

In the 2020 census, a recorded 11,199 people lived in Lost Creek township, showing a 13% increase from 2000.

The racial makeup of the township is 86.91% White, 2.61% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 4.42% Asian, less than 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.91% from other races, and 4.97% from two or more races.