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Harborcreek Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,630 at the 2020 census, down from 17,234 at the 2010 census, up from 15,178 in 2000. It is part of the Erie Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Harborcreek Township is in northeastern Erie County, bordered to the north by Lake Erie, to the west by Lawrence Park Township, the borough of Wesleyville, the city of Erie, and Millcreek Township, to the south by Greene Township, and to the east by Greenfield Township and North East Township. The unincorporated community of Harborcreek is north of the township center, and the communities of Fairfield and Brookside, together comprising the Northwest Harborcreek census-designated place, are on the western side of the township. Penn State Behrend is in the southwestern part of the township.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.11 square miles (88.35 km2), of which 0.02 square miles (0.06 km2), or 0.07%, is water.