As of the 2010 census, its population was 11,858 and it contained 4,858 housing units.

[4] Silver Creek Township was established in or before 1815, but when exactly is uncertain because records have been lost.

[5] The township takes its name from Silver Creek, the largest stream in Clark County.

[4] The township contains several cemeteries: Bottorff/Couch, Cremer/Kramer, Cunningham, Hendricks (a.k.a.

Sarles Cemetery and Hell's Half Acre), Hopewell Baptist Church, Jenkins, Lehmanowsky, Phelps, Poindexter, Plum Run, Sellersburg, Smith Cemetery, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Francis Wells Family (a.k.a.