It is traversed its entire length in a zigzag course by Guthrie's Creek, into which Back Creek empties from the north. Indian Creek Township of the three townships lying on the western border, the middle one is Indian Creek. It is so named fot the creek that enters it near the northwest corner, and after flowing in a sinuous and semicircular direction, leaves the county near the southwest corner of the township. Salt Creek and the East Fork of White River form the eastern and southern boundaries. Marion Township is located on the southern border near the middle of the county, and is bounded on the north by the East Fork of White River, on the east by Bono Township, on the west by Spice Valley Township and on the south by Orange County.
Marshall Township is the middle of three townships that form the northern tier in the county.
It is the smallest one in the county, containing twenty-eight sections in all, and was named for John Marshall, the renowned Chief Justice of the United States. Perry Township is located in the northwest corner and was named for the renowned Commoeore of the American Navy who won the famous victory over the British on Lake Erie in the war of 1812, and whose dispatch concerning that event contributed not a little to his celebrity. Pleasant Run Township is the northeast corner township and was created at the organization of the county in 1818. The surface of the land in Pleasant Run Township is generally rough and broken, and therefore but poorly adapted to tillage. This portion of the county was the lastest settled of any.